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- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2015
Summary
Hamlet: A Kingdom Haunted by Revenge
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. When young Prince Hamlet is confronted by his father’s ghost on the battlements of Castle Elsinore, he is burdened with a terrible task: slay King Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle, who the ghost alleges murdered him.
Wrestling with his conscience, Hamlet feigns wild madness while plotting a brutal revenge, alienating his mother, Queen Gertrude, and spurning his lover, Ophelia. But his apparent insanity…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141396507 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141396504 |
| Author: | William Shakespeare, Paul Prescott, Alan Sinfield |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2015 |
| Weight: | 306g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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About The Author
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and died in 1616. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist.
Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Kiernan Ryan is Professor of English at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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