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Othello by Shakespeare

Name: Othello by Shakespeare
Brand: Fehmerling Books
SKU: 0140707077
Price: 8.00 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 0140707077

Othello by Shakespeare

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Book Specifications

Format: Mass market paperback
Condition: Acceptable
Publisher: Penguin (1968)
Length: 240 pages
Genre: Literary Fiction
ISBN: 0140707077
LCCN: 86673445
OCLC: 5815032

Condition Note: Acceptable Reading Copy: Complete and fully readable text. Notes: Torn endpaper. Highlights and annotations throughout.

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A Venetian General Falls Victim to a Subversive Scheme of Jealousy, Suspicion, and Murder

Set against the backdrop of the Ottoman–Venetian wars, William Shakespeare's tragedy follows Othello, a revered Moorish general in the Venetian military who secretly weds Desdemona, the daughter of a prominent senator. When Othello is dispatched to govern Cyprus and promotes the young scholar-soldier Michael Cassio to lieutenant, he unwittingly fuels the venom of his overlooked ensign, Iago, who vows to tear down the general’s life and marriage.

Operating behind a facade of loyalty, Iago wages ruthless psychological warfare, preying on Othello’s doubts and outsider status in Venetian high society. Using planted evidence, whispers, and Desdemona’s misplaced strawberry-embroidered handkerchief, Iago manufactures proof of an affair between Cassio and Desdemona, driving Othello into an obsessive, murderous spiral.

Why You’ll Love This Book

William Shakespeare delivers psychological tension, literature’s most calculating antagonist in Iago, and the historical origin of the phrase "the green-eyed monster." A Jacobean drama for collectors, students, and readers of classic tragedies such as Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear.

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