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

## Description

A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps...