King Lear

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved! essential classics.

Product details

• Authors: Collins GCSE, William Shakespeare
• Assisted by: Peter Alexander (Editor), Alexander Peter (Editor), Maria Cairney (Editor)
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 16 to 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 15.09.2011
• EAN: 9780007902330
• ISBN: 978-0-00-790233-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 115 mm x 180 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Collins Classics; Collins Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; DRAMA / Shakespeare, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean