Book cover for King Lear of the Steppes by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

King Lear of the Steppes

2018 Released
114 Pages
1-2 Hours
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SkomlinISBN 9780648238898
Translated by Constance Garnett

A decidedly Russian adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear, set in the countryside. It concerns the disrespectful treatment the protagonist Kharlov receives from his ungrateful daughters and the revenge he eventually wreaks upon them.

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