Collins Classics - King Lear

Collins Classics - King Lear

by WilliamShakespeare (Author)

Synopsis

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

`Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!'

Epic and tragic in its scope, King Lear explores a king's demise into madness and insanity when he is betrayed by two of his manipulative and scheming daughters. It is Cordelia, the third and only daughter who refuses to flatter her father to deceive, who is banished from the kingdom, leading to dramatic and tumultuous events.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Publisher: HarperPress
Published: 15 Sep 2011

ISBN 10: 0007902336
ISBN 13: 9780007902330

Author Bio
William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest playwright the world has seen. He produced an astonishing amount of work; 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 poems. He died on 23rd April 1616, aged 52, and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.