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Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price

A tragic tale of duty, retribution and fate.

King Agamemnon, on returning from the Trojan Wars, is murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover. Now, to avenge the crime, their daughter Electra must commit one even worse and face the inevitable consequences.

This edition of Sophocles' play Electra, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton.

Electra

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    A Paperback / softback by Sophocles, Marianne McDonald, J. Michael Walton

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      Publisher Nick Hern Books
      Published 1 June 2004
      ISBN-13 9781854597564
      978-1854597564
      ISBN-10 1854597566

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price

      A tragic tale of duty, retribution and fate.

      King Agamemnon, on returning from the Trojan Wars, is murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover. Now, to avenge the crime, their daughter Electra must commit one even worse and face the inevitable consequences.

      This edition of Sophocles' play Electra, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton.

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