Hamlet
Pushkin Press · Paperback · August 27, 2019
A concise, highly enjoyable adaptation of the classic Shakespeare drama; one of more than 85 titles Campfire has published since their introduction to North America in 2010.
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- Who it’s for
- A concise adaptation brings Shakespeare’s dark, layered tragedy into focus, from public turmoil to private conflict.
- Themes
- Fate versus human will, Inner conflict, Revenge for a father's death
- Genres
- YA Classics, YA Classic Adaptation Comics, Theater & Musicals for Teens
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A concise, highly enjoyable adaptation of the classic Shakespeare drama; one of more than 85 titles Campfire has published since their introduction to North America in 2010. Once upon a time on a dark winter night, a ghost appears on the ramparts of Castle Elsinore in Denmark. It closely resembles the recently deceased king of Denmark. The guards see it first, and then the scholar Horatio confronts it. But it doesn't speak to them.
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Impatient to know what the ghost's appearance means, they summon Hamlet, the prince of Denmark. Hamlet has returned to Denmark to attend his father's funeral. Yet, he finds himself also attending his mother Gertrude's wedding to his uncle Claudius, who has inherited the throne. What will the ghost tell Hamlet? One of the most intense and intriguing tragedies of all time is built upon the answer to this question. William Shakespeare's Hamlet is not just a story of a mad prince out to avenge his father's death. It is also the story of the struggle of a nation against Fate. It is the story of human willpower battling the odds. It is not only the story of a man at war with the world around him, but also the story of a man in conflict with his own mind. It is the story of a time when something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
A Tragedy’s Tensions
A concise adaptation brings Shakespeare’s dark, layered tragedy into focus, from public turmoil to private conflict.
Come here for
- A ghost-haunted tragedy shaped by questions of fate and human will
- A classic drama with political unease and inward conflict
Expect
- An intense, intriguing take on Hamlet
- A concise adaptation of Shakespeare’s play
Where it sits
| Theater & Musicals for Teens | 78% |
|---|---|
| YA Classic Adaptation Comics | 55% |
| YA Classics | 42% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Classics
- YA Classic Adaptation Comics
- Historical YA - Europe
- Authors
- William Shakespeare
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Published
- August 27, 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Fate versus human will · Inner conflict · Revenge for a father's death
- Reading lane
- YA Classics