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Hamlet: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Author
William Shakespeare
Series
Timeless Classics
Language
English
Length
174 pages
ISBN
9781909175631
Published
15 August 2012
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Tragedy
  • Revenge
  • Prince of Denmark
  • Murder
  • Ghost
  • Deception
  • Betrayal
  • Existential questions
  • Uncertainty
  • Consequences

Description

A ghost, a court, a prince who thinks too well to strike on time. Shakespeare’s Hamlet is revenge delayed into philosophy — Claudius, Gertrude, a play inside the play, a kingdom ending in a pile of names. The most famous unease in English. Denmark as a trap that thinks. Ophelia’s flowers, a skull, a fencing bout that settles nothing gently. The play keeps asking whether action can survive intelligence, and answers in corpses. Elsinore as a mind that cannot stop thinking, and a state that cannot survive the thought.

Author

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) remains the centre of English-language drama: poet, player, and shareholder of the Globe. Tragedy, comedy, and history still turn on his lines. Interactive Media publishes the plays as reading and listening editions for a worldwide audience.