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SOLUTION: The intro, as said, doesn't matter, so skip it. Verse 1 to 5 refer to Shakespeare works. Each of the five books you picked up is a work by Shakespeare. You have to match the verses with the books, and put them in that order. You might first want to note down what every book is about.

Now let's look at the verses. I'm not going to explain why a verse is about that particular book, if you want to know look for the summaries of Shakespeares books on the internet.
Verse 1 - Hamlet - IV
Verse 2 - Romeo and Juliet - I
Verse 3 - Othello - V
Verse 4 - King Lear - II
Verse 5 - Macbeth - III

Put the books on the shelf in THIS order (IV-I-V-II-III). If you translate these Roman numbers to Arabic numbers now, you will get a five-digit code. But the door only requires 4 numbers. This is where the 6th verse comes in.

Let's analyse verse 6:
One vengeful man spilled blood for two; (this is about Hamlet)
Two youths shed tears for three; (that must be Romeo & Juliet)
Three witches disappeared thusly; (a famous scene from Macbeth)
And only the four keys remain.

One man spilled blood for two, this means you got to multiply the number of the vengeful man (Hamlet) by two! Since Hamlet is book number 4 (IV), the number will be 8.

The two youths, Romeo and Juliet, cried for three. Meaning you should multiply the number of the R&J book, 1 (I) by three. So it becomes 3.

The three witches from Macbeth disappeared, so let's forget about the Macbeth number. Scratch away number 3.

After putting the books in place, you got this code: 4-1-5-2-3 (IV-I-V-II-III)
Now apply the hints from verse 6: multiply the first number (Hamlet) by 2, the second by 3 (R&J), and lose the last number (Macbeth). You'll now get this code:

8-3-5-2

Comments

man..

[swersfreakshow.livejournal.com]

that is f'n insane.

Oy.

[sternwieser.livejournal.com]

I like puzzles, but that was a tough one.

Did you ever play Myst? I was completely addicted to that for a while.