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Hamlet
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147 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1973
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Louis B. Wright
139 books6 followersLouis Booker Wright was an American author, educator and librarian. Wright was the director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, the author of numerous books about the American colonial period, and in 1928 he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship.
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August 3, 2025
still good.
March 21, 2023
Absolutely not
September 25, 2024
Hamlet is about everything if you try hard enough
February 9, 2017
The introductory notes were spot on. I thought the framework was laid out extremely well. Wasn't simplistic, but wasn't overly academic. I picked on the hesitation theme through out, but not just on Hamlet's hesitation. Claudius also hesitates in his seeking to see Hamlet dead by giving different excuses. Maybe calmly thinking and planning versus irrational action is a family trait. Loved one of Gertrude's lines, "More matter with less art."
October 23, 2023
My students are stanning Claudius, that's a bitta me honestly
April 5, 2025
now cracks a noble heart.
July 16, 2021
“This is the very ecstasy of love, whose violent property fordoes itself”
April 27, 2022
It’s about time I read this play. I have seen various productions of Hamlet but don’t think I really understood what was going on until I read the play. Grief, melancholy, obligation, revenge, are themes that are explored in this work. And some of Shakespeare’s most famous, most memorable lines are in it. Nevertheless, I think it takes a live performance to bring the full emotional impact to the story.
January 1, 2026
I read this with CP --I followed along in the book while listening to The original BBC audio production of it. "I am dead Horatio. Wretched queen, adieu!" made me cry. What a play!
Read a second time this year with our co-op class; so much fun! We also went and saw it live
Read a second time this year with our co-op class; so much fun! We also went and saw it live
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