King Lear of the Steppes - Softcover

Turgenev, Ivan

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Synopsis

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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