King Lear

The text of the Folger and Globe editions. 24 parts, about 27,523 words, 2 hours of reading. Source edition.

Passages the guide marks

Nothing will come of nothing. Speak again.
Act 1, scene 1 · Read it in Act I, Scene I
Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow! You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks!
Act 3, scene 2 · Read it in Act III, Scene II
As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods. They kill us for their sport.
Act 4, scene 1 · Read it in Act IV, Scene I
Men must endure Their going hence even as their coming hither. Ripeness is all.
Act 5, scene 2 · Read it in Act V, Scene I
Never, never, never, never, never.
Act 5, scene 3 · Read it in Act V, Scene III

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