Sophocles

Electra (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

When a young Electra's father is murdered by her mother, her world changes irrevocably. Ten years on, bound by grief and unwilling to forgive, Electra surrenders to an all-consuming desire for revenge that propels her towards a bloody and terrifying conclusion. This is a haunting new version by Nick Payne of Sophocles' tragic masterpiece, Electra.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 88
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849433679
• Artikelnr.: 49853641

Autorenporträt

Sophocles (496-406 BC) was one of the three great tragic playwrights of ancient Greece; he wrote 123 plays during a career of 60 years and was still writing at the age of 90. Only seven tragedies survive, of which the most famous is Oedipus Rex.