Hamlet pdf Book Overview
Hamlet pdf – The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601.
Hamlet is Shakespeare’s longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet’s father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet’s mother.
Hamlet pdf Book Summary
Hamlet pdf which is Shakespeare’s most popular, and most puzzling, play. It follows the form of a “revenge tragedy,” in which the hero, Hamlet, seeks vengeance against his father’s murderer, his uncle Claudius, now the king of Denmark.
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The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet’s uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. The play ends with a duel, during which the King, Queen, Hamlet’s opponent and Hamlet himself are all killed.
Macbeth pdf Book Author – About William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare the Author of Hamlet pdf book, was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s preeminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon”. His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire and was baptized on 26 April 1564. Thought to have been educated at the local grammar school, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he went on to have three children, at the age of eighteen, before moving to London to work in the theater. Two erotic poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece were published in 1593 and 1594 and records of his plays begin to appear in 1594 for Richard III and the three parts of Henry VI. Shakespeare’s tragic period lasted from around 1600 to 1608, during which period he wrote plays including Hamlet and Othello. The first editions of the sonnets were published in 1609 but evidence suggests that Shakespeare had been writing them for years for a private readership.
Shakespeare spent the last five years of his life in Stratford, by now a wealthy man. He died on 23 April 1616 and was buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. The first collected edition of his works was published in 1623.
Hamlet pdf Book Characters
- Hamlet – son of the late king and nephew of the present king, Claudius
- Claudius – king of Denmark, Hamlet’s uncle and brother to the former king
- Gertrude – queen of Denmark and Hamlet’s mother
- Polonius – chief counselor to the king
- Ophelia – Polonius’s daughter
- Horatio – friend of Hamlet
- Laertes – Polonius’s son
- Voltimand and Cornelius – courtiers
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern – courtiers, friends of Hamlet
- Osric – a courtier
- Marcellus – an officer
- Barnardo – an officer
- Francisco – a soldier
- Reynaldo – Polonius’s servant
- Ghost – the ghost of Hamlet’s father
- Fortinbras – prince of Norway
- Gravediggers – a pair of sextons
- Player King, Player Queen, Lucianus, etc. – players
Hamlet pdf Book Information
- ASIN : 074347712X
- Publisher : Simon & Schuster; 1st edition (July 1, 1992)
- Language : English
- Mass Market Paperback : 342 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780743477123
- ISBN-13 : 978-0743477123
- Reading age : 12 – 17 years
- Lexile measure : NP
- Item Weight : 7.1 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.19 x 0.9 x 6.75 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,710 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3 in Shakespeare Dramas & Plays
- #4 in British & Irish Dramas & Plays
- #7 in Tragic Dramas & Plays
- Customer Reviews: 4.6 out of 5 stars 6,691 ratings
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From the Back Cover
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.
About the Author
William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England’s Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children–an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare’s only son, died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare’s working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death.
Barbara A. Mowat is Director of Research emerita at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Consulting Editor of Shakespeare Quarterly, and author of The Dramaturgy of Shakespeare’s Romances and of essays on Shakespeare’s plays and their editing.
Paul Werstine is Professor of English at the Graduate School and at King’s University College at Western University. He is a general editor of the New Variorum Shakespeare and author of Early Modern Playhouse Manuscripts and the Editing of Shakespeare and of many papers and articles on the printing and editing of Shakespeare’s plays.
Amazon Buyers Reviews
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5.0 out of 5 stars Confusing mix of reviews about different plays and editions
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2019
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It should be noted that none of these reviews refers to the book pictured at the top of the page, the Arden revised edition of Hamlet. Some of the reviews refer to “Romeo and Juliet” and other Shakespeare plays; some complain about the Kindle edition, some review films. The Arden Hamlet has easily readable print, copious annotations and informative background essays.
Beautiful and Witty Play
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2020
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Hamlet itself is a fantastic read, so I would definitely recommend it (even if you’re not a Shakespeare fan, which I’m not).
On a side note, I would also recommend reading Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard after to gain an entirely new and humorous perspective on Hamlet. Or you may even want to read it beforehand to help you get more enthusiastic about having to read Shakespeare.
The book I received is stunning! As other reviewers have noted, it is small (this is because it’s a pocket book). For someone like me that has already read the play, it works well–it’s aesthetically pleasing on my bookshelf and easy to shove in my bag when traveling. If you need to analyze Hamlet for a class, you may want to get a normal-sized version however.
5.0 out of 5 stars Standard Copy, Cheap Paper, Great for Classes & Book Studies
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2020
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Bought this for a book study and purchased for about half the group so we would all have the same translation/version. The print was easy to read and there were lots of helpful annotations. Only negative is that the book is printed on inexpensive paper, so this is not a book I would buy for archival purposes. Still, overall it is a book I would recommend to teachers buying for a class or individuals for a copy to read and give to someone.
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth it.
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2019
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The book is small, which it says so but I put a size comparison just for reference!
The book is absolutely beautiful and arrived in great condition. I was iffy at first but I’m not anything else but pleased and excited to read the text. No annotations, but that’s not a downside to me!
I will definitely be purchasing Macbeth. I already read that, but literature pieces like these never get old. 100% recommend!
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