Project Gutenberg 2006-05-04 Public domain in the USA. 96 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 Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. 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.) fr Tragedies 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 Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 288122 286130 2024-10-08T07:17:34.313412 2023-09-08T09:03:09.690564 text/html text/html 281407 2006-05-04T15:04:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 100122 2006-05-04T15:04:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 164212 2024-10-08T07:17:41.398375 application/epub+zip 170536 2024-10-08T07:17:36.337379 application/epub+zip 170535 2024-10-08T07:17:35.046381 application/epub+zip 311706 2024-10-08T07:17:44.853344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 312201 2024-10-08T07:17:40.630363 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 279932 2022-09-08T15:50:24.506637 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 247124 246886 2024-10-08T07:17:33.048406 2023-09-08T09:03:08.756569 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 242097 2006-05-04T15:04:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 94236 2006-05-04T15:04:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 22901 2024-10-08T07:17:44.991328 application/rdf+xml 11028 2024-10-08T07:17:35.609380 image/jpeg 3146 2024-10-08T07:17:35.327376 image/jpeg 158783 2024-10-08T07:17:34.338397 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia