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Gertrude and Claudius
Gertrude and Claudius
Author: John Updike
John Updikes's nineteenth novel tells the story of Claudius and Gertrude, King and Queen of Denmark, before the action of Shakespeare's Hamlet begins. Employing the nomenclature and certain details of the ancient Scandinavian legends that first describe the prince who feigns madness to achieve revenge upon his father's slayer, Updike brin...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780375409080
ISBN-10: 0375409084
Publication Date: 2/8/2000
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Loosely based on the Hamlet story. Updike goes back to imagine its inception: its offstage prestory, when Claudius fell in love with his brother's queen and that first dastardly deed in the garden was set in motion.


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