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  • Published: 22 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241726976
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 960
  • RRP: $55.00

Four Tragedies

Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth





Shakespeare's four greatest tragedies – Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet and Othello – in a stunning Penguin Clothbound Classics edition

The theme of the great Shakespearean tragedies is a hero's fall from grace due to a fatal character flaw. Whether it is the ruthless ambition of Macbeth or the folly of Lear, the irresolution of Hamlet or the suspicion of Othello, the cause of the tragedy – even when it is the murder of a king – is trifling compared to the calamity that it unleashes. Despite their flawed natures, however, the tragic protagonists all have a nobility that emphasizes the greatness of humanity. From this paradox the audience is brought to a greater understanding of – and sympathy with – suffering.

The four tragedies in this collection are accompanied by notes and an introduction to each text.

  • Published: 22 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241726976
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 960
  • RRP: $55.00

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