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King Lear Study Guide

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by William Shakespeare
About 294 pages (88,062 words)
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Act 4, Scene 3 Summary

In a French encampment near Dover, Kent inquires why the King of France has returned to France and learns that France had important business and left the Marshal of France in charge. Kent asks how Cordelia responded to his letter, and the gentleman who delivered it speaks of the beauty of her sweet and sorrowful reaction. She cried out in anguish over her father, her sisters and Kent. Kent wonders that the same man could father such different daughters. Lear, Kent says, is in the nearby.....

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