Project Gutenberg 2006-05-04 Public domain in the USA. 109 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William Guizot, François 1787 1874 Guizot, Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot, François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, M. (François) Guisot, M. (François) Guizot, Monsieur (François) Guizot, François King Lear. French Le roi Lear Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Lear Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Roi_Lear Produced by Paul Murray, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) "Le roi Lear" by William Shakespeare is a tragedy written in the early 17th century. The play revolves around King Lear, an aging monarch who decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters based on their professions of love for him. This decision leads to tragic consequences as Lear's inability to discern true affection from flattery results in madness and ruin. At the start of the play, King Lear announces his plan to retire and divide his realm among his daughters: Gonerille, Regane, and Cordélia. He asks each daughter to declare how much she loves him, hoping to favor the one who loves him the most. Gonerille and Regane flatter him with extravagant declarations, while Cordélia, who truly loves him, offers a sincere but modest response, proclaiming that she loves him as a daughter should. Offended by her honesty, Lear banishes Cordélia and divides the kingdom between her deceitful sisters. As Lear's delusion and folly unfold, the stage is set for a tragic unraveling of familial relationships and personal identity, foreshadowing the chaos to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Tragedies (Drama) Fathers and daughters -- Drama Inheritance and succession -- Drama Lear, King (Legendary character) -- Drama Britons -- Drama Kings and rulers -- Drama Aging parents -- Drama PR Text FR Théâtre Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 288253 2025-07-08T03:58:26.437430 text/html 281407 2006-05-04T15:04:08 text/html 164288 2025-07-08T03:58:32.628437 application/epub+zip 170529 2025-07-08T03:58:28.243446 application/epub+zip 170529 2025-07-08T03:58:27.105458 application/epub+zip 311672 2025-07-08T03:58:35.686447 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 312209 2025-07-08T03:58:31.944430 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 279932 2022-09-08T15:50:24.506637 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 247124 2025-07-08T03:58:25.319464 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 242097 2006-05-04T15:04:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22901 2025-07-08T03:58:35.828425 application/rdf+xml 11028 2025-07-08T03:58:27.618432 image/jpeg 3146 2025-07-08T03:58:27.362431 image/jpeg 94236 2006-05-04T15:04:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 100122 2006-05-04T15:04:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 158830 2025-07-08T03:58:26.458496 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia