King Lear

Collection item, published 1880 in Philadelphia by J.B. Lippincott & Co. Edited by Horace Howard Furness, Ph. D. , honorary member of the "Deuche Shakespeare Gesellschaft" of Weimar.

King Lear is old but not wise. He loves the two daughters who secretly hate him. He hates the only daughter who really loves him. In time, he discovers his mistake. Has he learnt his lesson? Or will his proud and angry nature bring him even more sadness and pain?