# King Lear

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- Book: [King Lear](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shakespeare/king-lear) ([King Lear.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shakespeare/king-lear.md))
- Authors: [William Shakespeare](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shakespeare)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4139-646-0
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2015-07-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## 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