{"product_id":"pericles-william-shakespeare-9791043135910","title":"Pericles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePericles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKing Antiochus\u003c\/strong\u003e has issued a challenge to any suitor proposing marriage to his daughter: answer a seemingly-impossible riddle correctly, or die. Pericles, the Prince of Tyre, discovers the answer to the puzzle, but in doing so, he unearths the incestuous relationship between the king and his daughter. Pericles decides not to reveal the truth, and \u003cstrong\u003eKing Antiochus\u003c\/strong\u003e gives him forty days before his execution. \u003cstrong\u003eWhen Antiochus\u003c\/strong\u003e hears that the prince has fled back to Tyre, he sends an assassin after him.At the advice of his councilor, Helicanus, Pericles plans to travel until Antiochus no longer wants to kill him. On his journeys he encounters a brutal storm that leaves him shipwrecked in Pentapolis.This play draws from many sources: \u003cstrong\u003eConfessio Amantis\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Gower\u003c\/strong\u003e (who appears in the play as the chorus), The Odyssey, \u003cstrong\u003eSir Philip\u003c\/strong\u003e Sidney's Arcadia, and Plutarch's Lives. The themes of separated families and mistaken death refer back to \u003cstrong\u003eShakespeare\u003c\/strong\u003e's earlier plays, like \u003cstrong\u003eThe Comedy\u003c\/strong\u003e of Errors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9791043135910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e53872 \/ Pericles\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William Shakespeare","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623647588607,"sku":"9791043135910","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pericles-william-shakespeare-9791043135910","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}