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Violence
Some
Period violence and some stage deaths
Language
None
Elizabethan English; archaic but clean
Sexual Content
Barely any
Incest referenced in the framing story; a brothel features prominently as a setting
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of loss, endurance, and the possibility of restoration after catastrophic suffering
What this book is about
Pericles, Prince of Tyre flees his home after uncovering a king's incestuous secret, and spends years wandering — surviving shipwrecks, losing his wife to apparent death at sea, and having his daughter sold into a brothel. Shakespeare's late romance is rough and episodic, but reaches genuine emotional power in its reunion scenes.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Incest referenced (not depicted)
Brothel as setting
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