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- The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 8 of 9] — William Shakespeare Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 5 of 9] — William Shakespeare Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 7 of 9] — William Shakespeare Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 3 of 9] — William Shakespeare Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Tempest — William Shakespeare Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 2 of 9] — William Shakespeare Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth — A. C. Bradley Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- King Lear — William Shakespeare Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 4 of 9] — William Shakespeare Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare — William Shakespeare and E. Nesbit Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 6 of 9] — William Shakespeare Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Measure for Measure — William Shakespeare Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Merry Wives of Windsor — William Shakespeare Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Tales from Shakespeare — Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Two Gentlemen of Verona — William Shakespeare Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Comedy of Errors — William Shakespeare Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 1 of 9] — William Shakespeare Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Characters of Shakespeare's Plays — William Hazlitt Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Shakespeare's Roman plays and their background — Sir Mungo William MacCallum Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Le roi Lear (French) — William Shakespeare Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The International library of famous literature : selections from the world's great writers, ancient, mediaeval, and modern, with biographical and explanatory notes and with introductions (1898) — Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell, Nathan Haskell Dole, Forrest Morgan, Caroline Ticknor Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- William shakespeare: The tragedy of King Lear (1963) — Rusell Fraser Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Shakespeare and Spenser : attractive opposites (2008) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- King Lear (2002) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Political Shakespeare : essays in cultural materialism (1994) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Dramatic providence in Macbeth; a study of Shakespeare's tragic theme of humanity and grace. With a supplementary essay on King Lear. -- (1970) — Elliott, George Roy, 1883-1963 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Elizabethan drama (1950) — Dean, Leonard Fellows, 1909-, Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. Tragical history of Dr. Faustus, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Henry the Fourth, part one, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear, Webster, John, 1580?-1625? Duchess of Malfi Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The tragedy of King Lear (2005) — Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- THE CAXTON EDITION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE VOL.13 (1) — LEE, SIDNEY Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE VOL. 10 (1889) — IRVING, HENRY ED. Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The comedies, histories, tragedies, and poems of William Shakspere (1852) — Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The complete works of William Shakespeare : with a life of the poet, explanatory foot-notes, critical notes, and a glossarial index (1899) — Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Hudson, Henry Norman, 1814-1886 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- KING LEAR (SIGNET CLASSIC SHAKESPEARE) (1963) — William Shakespeare Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- [Shakespeare-quarto facsimiles] (1880) — Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The comedies, histories, and tragedies of Mr. William Shakespeare as presented at the Globe and Blackfriars theatres, circa 1591-1623; being the text furnished the players, in parallel pages with the first revised folio text, with critical introductions (1888) — Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Morgan, Appleton, 1845-1928, Frey, Albert R. (Albert Romer), 1858-1926, Reynolds, William, b.1842, Field, Benjamin Rush, 1861-, Fleming, William Hansell, 1844-1915, Price, Thomas Randolph, 1839-1903, Adee, Alvey Augustus, 1842-1924, Vining, Edward Payson, 1847-1920, Calkins, Elias A, Stokes, H. P. (Henry Paine), 1849-1931, Waites, Alfred, Thomas, Charles W, Platt, Isaac Hull, 1853-1912, Shakespeare Society of New York Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Shakespeare on silent film : an excellent dumb discourse (2011) — Buchanan, Judith Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Holinshed's Chronicle as used in Shakespeare's plays (1927) — Holinshed, Raphael, approximately 1525-1580?, compilor Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Shakespeare adaptations: The tempest, The mock tempest, and King Lear (1922) — Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Dryden, John, 1631-1700, D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668, Duffett, Thomas, Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715, Summers, Montague, 1880-1948 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Hamlet (1603) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Macbeth (1508) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Henry V (1600) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1600) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Julius Caesar (1656) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Othello (1622) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Merchant of Venice (1600) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- King Richard II (1597) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1734) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Henry IV, Part 1 (1598) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Richard III (1597) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Tragedies (Hamlet / King Lear / Macbeth / Othello) (1924) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- El rey Lear (1829) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- As You Like It (1734) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Antony and Cleopatra (1734) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Sonnets (1609) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Henry IV, Part 2 (1600) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- King Lear by William Shakespeare (2011) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- King Lear, William Shakespeare (1988) — Linda Cookson, Bryan Loughrey Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets] (1730) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- King John (1700) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- All's Well That Ends Well (1734) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
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