Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Publisher: Bartleby 1993
Number of pages: 111
Description:
This is one of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, unsurpassed in its complexity and richness. The play recounts how Prince Hamlet of Denmark exacts revenge on his uncle, who has murdered Hamlet's father, and then taken the throne and married Hamlet's mother. Shakespeare vividly charts the course madness, from overwhelming grief to seething rage, and explores themes of treachery, revenge, and moral corruption.
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