The Tempest
Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, uses his skill at controlling natural forces to cause the shipwreck of his old opponents, forcing them to seek refuge on the island where he and his daughter Miranda have been living in exile, and setting the stage for Miranda to fall in love with Ferdinand, the prince of Naples.
822.3
year: 2020
copies: 125
call number/section: 822.3
lexile: 1290
subjects: shakespeare, william, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, fathers and daughters [X], magicians, duchies, islands, political refugees, shipwreck victims, english drama [X], nobility, plays, english literature, one act plays, drama, children's plays, english, life on other planets, science fiction, castaways, spirits, father-daughter relationship, survival, audiobooks, tragicomedy, compact discs, shipwrecks, tragicomedy, father-child relationship, electronic books, wizards, father-daughter relationships, english drama, tragicomedies, drama [X]
The Tragedy Of King Lear
Presents Shakespeare's tragedy in which an English king foolishly splits his kingdom between the two daughters plotting his doom and disinherits his favorite for speaking out against him; and includes an introduction, notes, a modern perspective essay, an annotated further reading list, and a key to famous lines.
822.3
year: 2002
copies: 23
call number/section: 822.3
lexile:
subjects: lear, king (legendary character), english drama [X], shakespeare, william, lear, king (legendary character), kings and rulers in literature, great britain, fathers and daughters [X], britons, father-daughter relationship, father-child relationship, kings and rulers, electronic books, inheritance and succession, aging parents, tragedies, lear, drama [X]