Collins Classroom Classics - A-level set text student edition

Exam board: AQA B, Edexcel, Eduqas, Cambridge Assessment International Education
Level & Subject: AS and A level English Literature
Next exams: 2026
This edition of King Lear is perfect for A-level students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.

• Affordable high quality complete play for King Lear
• Demystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentary
• Set the scene with perfectly pitched introductions that introduce key contexts, concerns and stylistic features, and examine different performances and interpretations
• Recall plot summaries at the beginning of each scene
• Support A Level revision and essay writing with theme and character indexes
• Help with social, historical and literary context with the bespoke timeline of Shakespeare's life and times

About the author

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.

Summary

Exam board: AQA B, Edexcel, Eduqas, Cambridge Assessment International Education Level & Subject: AS and A level English Literature Next exams: 2026

Product details

• Authors: Collins GCSE, William Shakespeare
• Assisted by: Peter Alexander (Editor), Alexander Peter (Editor), Maria Cairney (Editor)
• Publisher: Collins Reference
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 16 to 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780008400477
• ISBN: 978-0-00-840047-7
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 178 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Collins Classroom Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; 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