num_pages: 247
description: Pericles tells of a prince who risks his life to win a princess, but discovers that she is in an incestuous relationship with her father and flees to safety. He marries another princess, but she dies giving birth to their daughter. The adventures continue from one disaster to another until the grown-up daughter pulls her father out of despair and the play moves toward a gloriously happy ending.
language: English
title: Pericles
titlecomplete: Pericles
genres: Theatre, Drama, Classics, British Literature, Plays, Historical Fiction, Poetry, Literature, 17th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 7926
places: Tarsus, Antioch, Lesbos, Tyre
publisher: Simon & Schuster