Timon of Athens
Lavish generosity repaid with betrayal, driving one man's transformation into misanthropy and vengeful exile.
About this book
Timon of Athens follows the lavish life of a wealthy Athenian whose generosity and celebrity draw sycophants, supplicants and false friends into his orbit. When flattery proves cheap and favors go unpaid, he retreats into scathing isolation, wielding withering wit and corrosive anger that expose the hypocrisies of money, friendship and civic life. Shakespeare’s least conventional tragedy crackles with sharp satire, raw emotional force and daring philosophical questions about the price of charity and the fragility of social bonds, making it a provocative, unnerving exploration of human gratitude and betrayal.