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Fiction, Drama, Poetry & Criticism, Shakespeare

King Lear

William Shakespeare (author), Collins GCSE (author), Peter Alexander (editor), Maria Cairney (editor)

Paperback Published on: 15/09/2011

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Brilliant

This is in my opinion the best educational version of King Lear. It aided my own college studies. An ageing father looks to share out his fortunes in an e... READ MORE

Hannah Mulligan Ward at Woking

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Epic and tragic in its scope, King Lear explores a king’s demise into madness and insanity when he is betrayed by two of his manipulative and scheming daughters. It is Cordelia, the third and only daughter who refuses to flatter her father to deceive, who is banished from the kingdom, leading to dramatic and tumultuous events.