{"product_id":"king-lear-william-shakespeare","title":"King Lear - William Shakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. The 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\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the theatre and on screen King Lear continues to challenge and enthral. This Wordsworth edition of King Lear provides a comprehensive, integrated text of the play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback - New \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foster's Little Book Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56378733658492,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/9426\/6296\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_6bca3390-c286-44ee-b700-e4d2a766a329.jpg?v=1771416873","url":"https:\/\/fosterslittlebookshop.com\/products\/king-lear-william-shakespeare","provider":"Foster's Little Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}