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King Lear by Shakespeare, William
by Shakespeare, William | PB | LikeNew
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A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780486280585
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486280586
ISBN-13
9780486280585
eBay Product ID (ePID)
40491
Product Key Features
Book Title
King Lear
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1994
Topic
Classics, Shakespeare, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Genre
Drama, Fiction
Book Series
Dover Thrift Editions: Plays Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
3.4 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
93-041036
Dewey Edition
19
Grade From
Ninth Grade
Number of Volumes
12 vols.
Dewey Decimal
822.3/3
Edition Description
Reprint,New Edition
Synopsis
First performed about 1805, King Lear is one of the most relentlessly bleak of Shakespeare's tragedies. Probably written between Othello and Macbeth , when the playwright was at the peak of his tragic power, Lear's themes of filial ingratitude, injustice, and the meaninglessness of life in a seemingly indifferent universe are explored with unsurpassed power and depth. The plot concerns a monarch betrayed by his daughters, robbed of his kingdom, descending into madness. Greed, treachery, and cruelty are rife and the denouement of the play is both brutal and heartbreaking. In fact, so troubling is its vision of man's life that, until the mid-19th century, the play was performed most often with a non-Shakespearean happy ending, with Lear back on his throne and Cordelia, the daughter nearest his heart, happily married to the noble Edgar. But there is a dark magnificence to Shakespeare's original vision of the Lear story, and the play is performed today essentially as he wrote it, uncompromised by later "improvements." King Lear is reprinted here from an authoritative British edition, complete with explanatory footnotes., Powerful tragedy of an aging king, betrayed by his daughters, robbed of his kingdom, descending into madness. Perhaps the bleakest of Shakespeare's tragic dramas, it explores themes of filial ingratitude, injustice, wretchedness and the meaninglessness of life with unsurpassed power and depth. Reprinted here from an authoritative British edition, complete with explanatory footnotes., Powerful tragedy of an aging king, betrayed by his daughters, robbed of his kingdom, descending into madness. Perhaps the bleakest of Shakespeare's tragic dramas, complete with explanatory footnotes.
LC Classification Number
PR2819.A1
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