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Falling for Hamlet

Author : Michelle Ray

Publisher : Poppy

Page : 234 pages

File Size : 16,76 MB

Release : 2011-07-05

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 0316134422

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Passion, romance, drama, humor, and tragedy intertwine in this compulsively readable Hamlet retelling, from the perspective of a strong-willed, modern-day Ophelia. Meet Ophelia, high school senior, daughter of the Danish king's most trusted adviser, and longtime girlfriend of Prince Hamlet of Denmark. She lives a glamorous life and has a royal social circle, and her beautiful face is splashed across magazines and television screens. But it comes with a price--her life is ruled not only by Hamlet's fame and his overbearing royal family but also by the paparazzi who hound them wherever they go. After the sudden and suspicious death of his father, the king, the devastatingly handsome Hamlet spirals dangerously toward madness, and Ophelia finds herself torn, with no one to turn to. All Ophelia wants is to live a normal life. But when you date a prince, you have to play your part. Ophelia rides out this crazy roller coaster life, and lives to tell her story in live television interviews.



Hamnet

Author : Maggie O'Farrell

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 105 pages

File Size : 46,63 MB

Release : 2023-10-24

Category : Drama

ISBN : 1350455512

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'She's like no one I've ever met... She's like fire and water all at once.' Warwickshire, 1582. Agnes Hathaway, a natural healer, meets the Latin tutor, William Shakespeare. Drawn together by powerful but hidden impulses, they create a life together and make a family. As William moves to London to discover his place in the world of theatre, Agnes stays at home to raise their three children but she is the constant presence and purpose of his life. When the plague steals 11-year-old Hamnet from his loving parents, they must each confront their loss alone. And yet, out of the greatest suffering, something of extraordinary wonder is born. This new play based on Maggie O'Farrell's best-selling novel and adapted by award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti (Life of Pi, Red Velvet, Hymn), pulls back a curtain on the imagined family life of the greatest writer in the English language. Hamnet is a love letter to passion, birth, grief and the magic of nature. This updated and revised edition was published to coincide with the West End transfer of the original RSC production in October 2023.



Hamlet's Fictions

Author : Maurice Charney

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 146 pages

File Size : 27,37 MB

Release : 2014-02-03

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1317814428

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"But in a fiction, in a dream of passion..." In an extended commentary on this passage this book offers a rationale for the excellence and primacy of this play among the tragedies. Throughout, emphasis is placed on Hamlet's fantasies and imaginations rather than on ethical criteria, and on the depiction of Hamlet as a revenge play through an exploration of its dark and mysterious aspects. The book stresses the importance of Passion and Its Fictions in the play and attempts to explore the very Pirandellian topic of Hamlet's passion and dream of passion. It goes on to examine the organization of dramatic energies in the play - the use Shakespeare makes of analogy and infinite regress and of scene rows, broken scenes and impacted scenes, and the significance of the exact middle of Hamlet. The final section is devoted to conventions of style, imagery, and genre in the play - what is the stage situation of asides, soliloguies, and offstage speech? How is the imagery of skin disease and sealing distinctive? In what sense is Hamlet a comedy, or does it use comedy significantly?



Snowblind

Author : Ragnar Jónasson

Publisher : Minotaur Books

Page : 321 pages

File Size : 40,3 MB

Release : 2017-01-31

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1250096081

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Taut and terrifying, Snowblind is a startling debut from Ragnar Jónasson, an extraordinary new talent. Where: An isolated fishing village in the fjords of northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors. Who: Ari Thór is a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavík. What: A young woman is found lying half naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed elderly writer falls to his death. Ari is dragged straight into the heart of a community where he can trust no one, and secrets and lies are a way of life. *BONUS CONTENT: This edition of Snowblind includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide



Hamlet And Ophelia

Author : John Marsden

Publisher : HarperCollins Canada

Page : 152 pages

File Size : 10,7 MB

Release : 2010-06-14

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1443401188

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Coping with the death of his father and reeling from the marriage of his mother to his uncle, Hamlet has an encounter with his father’s ghost, who reveals the truth: he was murdered—by his brother! Urged by his father to seek revenge, Hamlet is wracked with indecision and spirals into depression. It seems that not even his best friend, Horatio, nor his love interest, Ophelia, can help him. A visiting acting troupe inspires Hamlet to form a plan, but he cannot foresee the devastation that will occur. Hamlet & Ophelia is a compelling read for teens and adults alike—sexy, sultry, spellbinding. In following the contours of Shakespeare’s play, John Marsden has created a stunning tale that brings new life to a timeless classic.



The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

Author : David Wroblewski

Publisher : Bond Street Books

Page : 578 pages

File Size : 14,24 MB

Release : 2009-03-19

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0307371891

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An Oprah's Book Club Pick A #1 New York Times Bestseller A National Bestseller Beautifully written and elegantly paced, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a coming-of-age novel about the power of the land and the past to shape our lives. It is a riveting tale of retribution, inhabited by empathic animals, prophetic dreams, second sight, and vengeful ghosts. Born mute, Edgar Sawtelle feels separate from the people around him but is able to establish profound bonds with the animals who share his home and his name: his family raises a fictional breed of exceptionally perceptive and affable dogs. Soon after his father's sudden death, Edgar is stunned to learn that his mother has already moved on as his uncle Claude quickly becomes part of their lives. Reeling from the sudden changes to his quiet existence, Edgar flees into the forests surrounding his Wisconsin home accompanied by three dogs. Soon he is caught in a struggle for survival—the only thing that will prepare him for his return home.



Shakespeare and Millennial Fiction

Author : Andrew James Hartley

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 279 pages

File Size : 43,54 MB

Release : 2018

Category : Drama

ISBN : 1107171725

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Book Description

This book analyses the ways contemporary fiction writers draw on Shakespeare - the man, his work and his cultural legacy.



Gesta Danorum - Deeds of the Danes

Author : Saxo Grammaticus

Publisher : Lulu.com

Page : 422 pages

File Size : 39,26 MB

Release : 2016-02-14

Category : History

ISBN : 1329902831

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Gesta Danorum - Deeds of the Danes In the early years of the thirteenth century the Danish writer Saxo Grammaticus provided his people with a History of the Danes, an account of their glorious past from the legendary kings and heroes of Denmark to king Gorm. It is one of the major sources for the heroic and mythological traditions of northern Europe, though the complex Latin style and the wide range of material brought together from different sources have limited its use.



Queneau's Fiction

Author : Christopher Shorley

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 260 pages

File Size : 19,91 MB

Release : 1985-09-05

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 0521303974

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Book Description

A general study of Queneau in English, originally published in 1985, which offers a straightforward introduction to his novels and short stories.



Dating Hamlet

Author : Lisa Fiedler

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 35,38 MB

Release : 2002-11

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0805070540

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In a story based on the Shakespeare play, Ophelia describes her relationship with Hamlet, learns the truth about her own father, and recounts the complicated events following the murder of Hamlet's father.