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Oedipus Rex (Absolute Classics) (Absolute Classics)

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Based on 216,960 Ratings and 6,310 Reviews

Book Description
"...what man wins more happiness than just its shape and the ruin when that shape collapses?"

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex has never been surpassed for the raw and terrible power with which its hero struggles to answer the eternal question, "Who am I?" The play, a story of a king who acting entirely in ignorance kills his father and marries his mother, unfolds with shattering power; we are he... More
Book Information
PublisherOberon Books
BindingPaperback (18 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages96
ISBN-101870259033
ISBN-13978-1870259033
Publication Date05/01/1987
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About Sophocles (Author) : Sophocles is a published author and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Sophocles include Antigone: In a New Translation by Nicholas Rudall (Plays for... more
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About C. Stace (Translator) : C. Stace is a published translator. A published credit of C. Stace is Oedipus Rex (Absolute Classics) (Absolute Classics).
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