{"product_id":"pericles-1","title":"Pericles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePericles\u003c\/i\u003e was Shakespeare''s first full-blown tragicomedy, the precursor to \u003ci\u003eThe Winter''s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCymbeline \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, and one of his most popular plays in the seventeenth century. This Penguin edition is edited by Eugene Giddens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One sin, I know, another doth provoke; \u003cbr\u003eMurder''s as near to lust as flame to smoke'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePericles, Prince of Tyre, must solve a riddle in order to marry the daughter of the King of Antioch, or be put to death. But when the answer reveals a horrific secret, the young man faces his greatest dilemma. Danger and adventure follow as Pericles flees the city to find his fortune elsewhere, in a romantic drama of families lost and reunited, evil punished and virtue rewarded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare''s life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to \u003ci\u003ePericles\u003c\/i\u003e, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319758299518,"sku":"NW9780141396637","price":11.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141396637.jpg?v=1778655645","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/pericles-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}