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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.

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    Publisher: Nick Hern Books
    Publication Date: 01/06/2004
    ISBN13: 9781854597564, 978-1854597564
    ISBN10: 1854597566
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    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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