diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c27bfae..d2af3f3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - .:/code
     ports:
-      - 8080:8080
+      - "8080:8080"
     depends_on:
       - db
 
diff --git a/the_app/api/shakespeare.py b/the_app/api/shakespeare.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a89fc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/the_app/api/shakespeare.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, status
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+
+from the_app.database import get_db
+from the_app.models.shakespeare import Paragraph
+
+router = APIRouter(prefix="/v1/shakespeare")
+
+
+@router.get("/",)
+async def find_paragraph(
+    character: str,
+    db_session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    return await Paragraph.find(db_session=db_session, character=character)
diff --git a/the_app/main.py b/the_app/main.py
index f2e8346..1242bc9 100644
--- a/the_app/main.py
+++ b/the_app/main.py
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ from fastapi import FastAPI
 
 from the_app.api.nonsense import router as nonsense_router
 from the_app.api.stuff import router as stuff_router
-from the_app.database import engine
-from the_app.models.base import Base
+from the_app.api.shakespeare import router as shakespeare_router
 from the_app.utils import get_logger
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ app = FastAPI(title="Stuff And Nonsense API", version="0.4")
 
 app.include_router(stuff_router)
 app.include_router(nonsense_router)
+app.include_router(shakespeare_router)
 
 
 @app.on_event("startup")
diff --git a/the_app/models/shakespeare.py b/the_app/models/shakespeare.py
index e554f36..902caf1 100644
--- a/the_app/models/shakespeare.py
+++ b/the_app/models/shakespeare.py
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ from sqlalchemy import (
     Table,
     Text,
     UniqueConstraint,
+    select,
 )
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
 
 from the_app.models.base import Base
@@ -120,6 +122,13 @@ class Paragraph(Base):
     char_count = Column(Integer, nullable=False)
     word_count = Column(Integer, nullable=False)
 
-    character = relationship("Character", back_populates="paragraph")
-    chapter = relationship("Chapter", back_populates="paragraph")
-    work = relationship("Work", back_populates="paragraph")
+    character = relationship("Character", back_populates="paragraph", lazy="selectin")
+    chapter = relationship("Chapter", back_populates="paragraph", lazy="selectin")
+    work = relationship("Work", back_populates="paragraph", lazy="selectin")
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def find(cls, db_session: AsyncSession, character: str):
+        stmt = select(cls).join(Character).join(Chapter).join(Work).where(Character.name == character)
+        result = await db_session.execute(stmt)
+        instance = result.scalars().all()
+        return instance
diff --git a/the_app/schemas/shakespeare.py b/the_app/schemas/shakespeare.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecb1df0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/the_app/schemas/shakespeare.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any, Optional
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+
+class Character(BaseModel):
+    id: str
+    abbrev: str
+    speech_count: int
+    name: str
+    description: Any
+
+
+class Chapter(BaseModel):
+    work_id: str
+    section_number: int
+    description: str
+    id: int
+    chapter_number: int
+
+
+class Work(BaseModel):
+    id: str
+    year: int
+    source: str
+    total_paragraphs: int
+    title: str
+    long_title: str
+    genre_type: str
+    total_words: int
+    notes: Any
+
+
+class Paragraph(BaseModel):
+    id: int
+    character_id: str
+    phonetic_text: str
+    paragraph_type: str
+    section_number: int
+    char_count: int
+    work_id: str
+    paragraph_num: int
+    plain_text: str
+    stem_text: str
+    chapter_number: int
+    word_count: int
+    character: Character
+    chapter: Chapter
+    work: Work