King Lear by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy]

King Lear by William Shakespeare audiobook.

Genre: tragedy

A powerful aging king, Lear, decides to step away from the burdens of rule and divide his kingdom among his three daughters. Before he grants their inheritances, he demands a public declaration of love, turning family devotion into a test of performance. Two daughters seize the opportunity with flattering words, while the third refuses to dress truth in empty praise - a choice that triggers banishment, political upheaval, and a swift unravelling of Lear's authority. As the former monarch is pushed out into a hostile world, he is forced to confront what remains when titles and power fall away. Parallel to Lear's fall, another noble household fractures under betrayal and ambition, revealing how easily loyalty can be bought, forged, or destroyed. Storms in the natural world mirror storms of mind and state as allies shift, enemies multiply, and the line between sanity and despair blurs. With its fierce poetry and brutal insight, King Lear explores pride, aging, justice, filial duty, and the terrifying cost of mistaking appearances for truth - and asks what kind of love can endure when everything else is stripped down to need.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:55:41) Chapter 2

(01:32:51) Chapter 3

(02:12:07) Chapter 4

(02:56:25) Chapter 5

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