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King Lear (Folger Shakespeare Library) (original 1608; edition 2004)

by William Shakespeare (Author), Barbara A. Mowatt (Editor), Paul Werstine (Editor)

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Canonical title
Original title
King Lear
Alternative titles
Original publication date
1608
People/Characters
King Lear
Cordelia
Regan
Goneril
Fool [Shakespeare]
Important places
Palace of Lear
Palace of Albany
Castle of Gloucester
Albion
Important events
Related movies
King Lear (1971 | IMDb)
Korol Lir (1971 | IMDb)
Great Performances: King Lear (1982 | IMDb)
King Lear (1983 | IMDb)
Ran (1985 | IMDb)
Awards and honors
ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound (1999.2 | Drama, 1999)
Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List (2009, No. 50)
Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time
The Globe & Mail 50 Greatest Books (17)
The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books (18 | 72 points)
Epigraph
Dedication
First words
I thought the king had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall.
Quotations
Although the last, not least.
Nothing will come of nothing.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is

To have a thankless child!
Oh, that way madness lies; let me shun that.
The worst is not

So long as we can say, "This is the worst."
Last words
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Disambiguation notice
This entry is for the complete King Lear only. Do not combine it with abridgements, simplified adaptations or modernizations, Cliffs Notes or similar, or videorecordings of performances, and please separate any that are here.

It should go without saying that this work should also not be combined with any other plays or combinations of plays, or any of its many adaptations (audio, video, reworking, etc.).
Publisher's editors
G. K. Hunter (New Penguin Shakespeare)
Blurbers
Original language
English
Canonical DDC/MDS
Canonical LCC

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Genres

Melvil Decimal System (DDC)

822.33Literature › English & Old English literatures › English drama › Elizabethan 1558-1625 › Shakespeare, William 1564–1616

LC Classification

PR2819.A2Language and Literature › English › English Literature › English renaissance (1500-1640)

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Penguin Australia

2 editions of this book were published by Penguin Australia.

Editions: 0140714766, 0141012293

Yale University Press

An edition of this book was published by Yale University Press.

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2 editions of this book were published by Recorded Books.

Editions: 1456104691, 144987682X

 

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