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The play of _Hamlet_ is above all others the most stupendous monument of Shakespeare's genius, standing as a beacon to command the wonder and admiration of the world, and as a memorial to future generations, that the mind of its author was moved by little less than inspiration. _Lear_, with its sublime picture of human misery;--_Othello_, with its harrowing overthrow of a nature great and amiable;--_Macbeth_, with it…
Details
- AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
- SourceProject Gutenberg #27761
- Length29,520 words · 1h 58m of reading
- Chapters17
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-03
Contents
17 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01OF
- 02SCENE I.--ELSINORE. A PLATFORM BEFORE THE CASTLE. NIGHT.
- 03SCENE II.--A ROOM OF STATE IN THE PALACE.
- 04But what, in faith,[53] make you[54] from Wittenberg?[55
- 05SCENE III.--A ROOM IN POLONIUS'S HOUSE.
- 06SCENE IV.--THE PLATFORM. NIGHT.
- 07SCENE V.--A MORE REMOTE PART OF THE PLATFORM. NIGHT.
- 08Act I
- 09SCENE I.--A ROOM IN POLONIUS'S HOUSE.
- 10SCENE II.--A ROOM IN THE CASTLE.
- 11Old friend
- 12Act II
- 13SCENE I.--A ROOM IN THE CASTLE.
- 14SCENE II.--A ROOM IN THE SAME.
- 15SCENE III.--THE QUEEN'S CHAMBER.
- 16Save me
- 17Notes
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