{"product_id":"9781853260957","title":"King Lear","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Shakespeare, William \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eShakespeare plays\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 March 1994 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Wordsworth Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 176 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 131 x 9 | 120g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wordsworth Classics’ Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare’s works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKing Lear has been widely acclaimed as Shakespeare’s most powerful tragedy. Elemental and passionate, it encompasses the horrific and the heart-rending. Love and hate, loyalty and treachery, cruelty and self-sacrifice: all these contend in a tempestuous drama which has become an enduring classic of the world’s literature. In the theatre and on screen King Lear continues to challenge and enthral.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Wordsworth edition of King Lear provides a comprehensive, integrated text of the play.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46125252477187,"sku":"9781853260957","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781853260957.jpg?v=1731348977","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781853260957","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}