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Across British & Irish, Shakespeare, Dramas & Plays, and World Literature — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as King Lear by William Shakespeare.

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Each title here shares meaningful common ground with King Lear — in theme, mood, or literary style.

Antony and Cleopatra — William Shakespeare

Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare

Themes: British & Irish • Shakespeare • Dramas & Plays

Othello Mcdougal Littell Literature Connections — Holt Mcdougal

Othello Mcdougal Littell Literature Connections

Themes: British & Irish • Shakespeare • Dramas & Plays

A Select Collection of Old English Plays; Volume II — W. Carew Hazlitt

A Select Collection of Old English Plays; Volume II

W. Carew Hazlitt

Themes: British & Irish • Shakespeare • Dramas & Plays

The Complete Works Of Thomas Nashe: Christ’s Teares Ouer Ierusalem, 1593 — Thomas Nash

The Complete Works Of Thomas Nashe: Christ’s Teares Ouer Ierusalem, 1593

Themes: British & Irish • Shakespeare • Dramas & Plays

Die Gleichnisse in Edmund Spenser’S Faerie Queene Und Ihre Vorbilder — WILHELM. HEISE

Die Gleichnisse in Edmund Spenser’S Faerie Queene Und Ihre Vorbilder

Themes: British & Irish • Shakespeare • Dramas & Plays

Shakespeare’s Dialectic of Hope From the Political to the Utopian — Hugh Grady

Shakespeare’s Dialectic of Hope From the Political to the Utopian

Themes: British & Irish • Shakespeare • Dramas & Plays

Shakespeare Studies in Baconian Light — Robert M. Theobald

Shakespeare Studies in Baconian Light

Robert M. Theobald

Themes: British & Irish • Shakespeare • Dramas & Plays

Shakespeare, Bacon, Jonson and Greene; a Study — Edward James Castle

Shakespeare, Bacon, Jonson and Greene; a Study

Edward James Castle

Themes: British & Irish • Shakespeare • Dramas & Plays

Dear Brutus A Comedy in Three Acts — James Matthew Barrie

Dear Brutus A Comedy in Three Acts

James Matthew Barrie

Themes: British & Irish • Dramas & Plays • World Literature

The Secret Rose — William Butler Yeats

The Secret Rose

William Butler Yeats

Themes: British & Irish • Dramas & Plays • World Literature

Darwin, Carlyle, Dickens, The Fools, Jesters, and Comic Characters in Shakspeare, With Other Essays, — Samuel Davey

Darwin, Carlyle, Dickens, The Fools, Jesters, and Comic Characters in Shakspeare, With Other Essays

Themes: British & Irish • Dramas & Plays • World Literature

Riders to the Sea — J. M. Synge

Riders to the Sea

Themes: British & Irish • Dramas & Plays • World Literature

The Tragedy of Tragedies Or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great — Henry Fielding

The Tragedy of Tragedies Or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Themes: British & Irish • Dramas & Plays • World Literature

The Works of His Grace George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; Volume 2 — George Villiers Duke of Buckingham

The Works of His Grace George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; Volume 2

George Villiers Duke of Buckingham

Themes: British & Irish • Dramas & Plays • World Literature

Restoration Literature: An Anthology (Oxford World’s Classics) — Paul Hammond

Restoration Literature: An Anthology (Oxford World’s Classics)

Themes: British & Irish • Dramas & Plays • World Literature

A Subject Index To The Poems Of Edmund Spenser (1919) — Charles Huntington Whitman

A Subject Index To The Poems Of Edmund Spenser (1919)

Charles Huntington Whitman

Themes: British & Irish • Dramas & Plays • World Literature

The Midwich Cuckoos (Classic Radio Sci-Fi) — John Wyndham

The Midwich Cuckoos (Classic Radio Sci-Fi)

Themes: British & Irish • Dramas & Plays • World Literature

Arms and the Man — George Bernard Shaw

Arms and the Man

George Bernard Shaw

Themes: British & Irish • Dramas & Plays • World Literature

The Works Of John Marston; Volume 2 — John Marston

The Works Of John Marston; Volume 2

Themes: British & Irish • Dramas & Plays • World Literature

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Themes: British & Irish • Dramas & Plays • World Literature

The Critic — Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Themes: British & Irish • Dramas & Plays • World Literature

The Complete Works In Verse And Prose Of Samuel Daniel, Ed. With Intro., Notes And Illustr. By A.b. Grosart — Samuel Daniel

The Complete Works In Verse And Prose Of Samuel Daniel, Ed. With Intro., Notes And Illustr. By A.b. Grosart

Themes: Shakespeare • Dramas & Plays • World Literature

On Some of Shakespeare’s Female Characters Ophelia, Juliet, Portia, Imogen, Desdemona, Rosalind, Beatrice — Helena Faucit Martin

On Some of Shakespeare’s Female Characters Ophelia, Juliet, Portia, Imogen, Desdemona, Rosalind, Beatrice

Helena Faucit Martin

Themes: Shakespeare • Dramas & Plays • World Literature

Shakspeare’s Dramatische Werke Der Sturm; Hamlet, Prinz Von Dänemart, Dritter Theil — Anonymous

Shakspeare’s Dramatische Werke Der Sturm; Hamlet, Prinz Von Dänemart, Dritter Theil

Themes: Shakespeare • Dramas & Plays • World Literature

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of British & Irish, Shakespeare, Dramas & Plays — the same threads that run through King Lear by William Shakespeare. Among the authors featured: William Shakespeare, HOLT MCDOUGAL, W. Carew Hazlitt, Thomas Nash, and others.

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