Author: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (AUTHOR) / BROOKE, TUCKER / PHELPS, WILLIAM LYON (EDITORS)
Title: The Tragedy of King Lear : The Yale Shakespeare: The Yale Shakespeare Series
Description: Yale / Oxford University Press, 1963. 1947 Edition: Eighth Printing. Hard Cover. 202 pages: 4.5 x 7 in.: 0.8: Vol. 17: KB#016329: No Jacket as Issued. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Spine was lightly faded but has been redyed to match dark blue boards. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Boards are blue cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine. If interested, I have many additional volumes available in this Yale Shakespeare Series. "Probably written in 1603-1606. An aged king divides his kingdom among two of his daughters, Regan and Goneril, and casts the youngest, Cordelia, out of his Kingdom for disloyalty. Eventually he comes to understand that it is Regan and Goneril who are disloyal, but he has already given them the kingdom. He wanders the countryside as a poor man until Cordelia comes with her husband, the King of France, to reclaim her father's lands. Regan and Goneril are defeated, but only after Cordelia has been captured and murdered. King Lear then dies of grief.". Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued .
Keywords: Plays Shakespeare Novels Stage Fiction: : Historical: : General
Title: The Tragedy of King Lear : The Yale Shakespeare: The Yale Shakespeare Series
Description: Yale / Oxford University Press, 1963. 1947 Edition: Eighth Printing. Hard Cover. 202 pages: 4.5 x 7 in.: 0.8: Vol. 17: KB#016329: No Jacket as Issued. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Spine was lightly faded but has been redyed to match dark blue boards. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Boards are blue cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine. If interested, I have many additional volumes available in this Yale Shakespeare Series. "Probably written in 1603-1606. An aged king divides his kingdom among two of his daughters, Regan and Goneril, and casts the youngest, Cordelia, out of his Kingdom for disloyalty. Eventually he comes to understand that it is Regan and Goneril who are disloyal, but he has already given them the kingdom. He wanders the countryside as a poor man until Cordelia comes with her husband, the King of France, to reclaim her father's lands. Regan and Goneril are defeated, but only after Cordelia has been captured and murdered. King Lear then dies of grief.". Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued .
Keywords: Plays Shakespeare Novels Stage Fiction: : Historical: : General
Price: US$ 17.00 Seller: Keener Books & Collectibles
- Book number: 016329
- Book number: 016329