Author Last Name,
Author First Name,
Pages,
Binding,
ISBN 10,
ISBN 13,
Condition,
Publisher,
Date Published,
Genre,
Specifications
Author Last Name:
Shakespeare
Author First Name:
William
Pages:
224
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN 10:
0140707298
ISBN 13:
9780140707298
Condition:
Used
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Date Published:
1/1/0001
Genre:
Plays
Description
As We First Meet Pericles A Riddle Thrusts Him Onto The Horns Of A Dilemma. He Knows The Answer To The Riddle King Antiochus Has Presented To Him As A Prerequisite To Winning The Hand Of His Daughter . The Problem Is If He Fails To Offer The Solution, He Will Be Put To Death. But By Exposing It He Will Reveal The King's Incestuous Relationship With The Daughter. Pericles Responds To His Dilemma By Starting On A Tour That Includes Not Only Normal Experiences Like Storms And Famines, But Also Such Abnormal And Paranormal Phenomena As Pirates Abducting Children, Births And Burials At Sea, The Waking Of The Dead And A Lengthy Visit To A Brothel. Eventually Marina Marries Lysimachus And They Become Rulers Of Tyre. Pericles And Thaisa Rule In Pentapolis After Thaisa's Father, King Simonides, Dies.--www.william-shakespeare.info (oct. 19, 2010). [by] William Shakespeare ; Edited By Philip Edwards. Bibliography: P. 43-[44]
