# Four Great Tragedies

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- Book: [Four Great Tragedies](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shakespeare/four-great-tragedies) ([Four Great Tragedies.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shakespeare/four-great-tragedies.md))
- Authors: [William Shakespeare](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shakespeare), [Sylvan Barnet](https://www.bookquiver.com/sylvan-barnet)
- Publisher: Signet
- ISBN: 978-04-5152-729-5
- Pages: 592
- Published: 1998-06-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The greatest tragic plays of William Shakespeare—including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. What is tragedy? The Elizabethans defined it as a “lofty” play showing “personages...