# King Lear

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shakespeare/king-lear

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- Authors: [William Shakespeare](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shakespeare)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2005-04-07

## Description

The most perfect specimen of the dramatic art existing in the world' Percy Bysshe Shelley Shakespeare's bleak and brutal tragedy begins when an ageing king, seeking a successor, rejects the young daughter who loves him and misplaces his trust in her malevolent sisters. In return they strip him of his power and condemn him to a wretched wasteland of horror and insanity. Set in a pitiless universe, King Lear is a towering, elemental masterpiece of fierce poetry and vast imaginative scope. Used and Recommended by the National Theatre General Editor Stanley Wells Edited by George Hunter Introduction by Kiernan Ryan

## Editions

### King Lear

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-4181-691-2
- Published: 2026-09-03
- Language: en_GB

### King Lear

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4181-690-5
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2026-09-03
- Language: en_GB

### King Lear

- Publisher: macmillan_collector_s_library
- ISBN: 978-19-0962-192-3
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2016-08-11
- Language: en_GB

### King Lear

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4312-855-7
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2016-03-29
- Language: en_US

### King Lear

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4139-646-0
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2015-07-30
- Language: en_GB

### King Lear

- Publisher: modern_library
- ISBN: 978-08-1296-911-5
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2009-04-14
- Language: en_US

### King Lear

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4190-099-5
- Published: 2005-04-07
- Language: en_GB

### King Lear

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4071-490-6
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2000-02-01
- Language: en_US

### King Lear

- Publisher: Signet
- ISBN: 978-04-5152-693-9
- Pages: 352
- Published: 1998-06-01
- Language: en_US

### King Lear

- Publisher: bantam_classics
- ISBN: 978-05-5321-297-6
- Pages: 352
- Published: 1988-01-01
- Language: en_US

## This book in other languages

- [King Lear](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shakespeare/it/king-lear) (it_IT)