# Pericles

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- Authors: [William Shakespeare](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shakespeare)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2008-09-04

## Description

Pericles was Shakespeare's first full-blown tragicomedy, the precursor to The Winter's Tale , Cymbeline and The Tempest , and one of his most popular plays in the seventeenth century. This Penguin edition is edited by Eugene Giddens. 'One sin, I know, another doth provoke; Murder's as near to lust as flame to smoke' Pericles, Prince of Tyre, must solve a riddle in order to marry the daughter of the King of Antioch, or be put to death. But when the answer reveals a horrific secret, the young man faces his greatest dilemma. Danger and adventure follow as Pericles flees the city to find his fortune elsewhere, in a romantic drama of families lost and reunited, evil punished and virtue rewarded. This book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to Pericles , a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary.

## Editions

### Pericles

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4139-663-7
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2015-09-24
- Language: en_GB

### Pericles

- Publisher: modern_library
- ISBN: 978-08-1296-943-6
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2012-04-10
- Language: en_US

### Pericles

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4188-991-7
- Published: 2008-09-04
- Language: en_GB

### Pericles

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4071-469-2
- Pages: 160
- Published: 2001-08-01
- Language: en_US