Hamlet (Shakespeare, Signet Classic) - Softcover

Shakespeare, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451510224 ISBN 13: 9780451510228

Publisher: Signet Classics, 1963

Synopsis

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Hamlet. I am very glad to see you. -- [ To Bernardo.] Good even, sir. — But what, in faith, make you from Wittenberg ? Horatio. A truant disposition, good my lord. Hamlet. I would not hear your enemy say so, 170 Nor shall you do mine ear that violence, To make it truster of your own report Against yourself. I know you are no truant. But what is your affair in Elsinore ? We'll teach you to drink deep ere you depart. 175 Horatio. My lord, I came to see your father's funeral. Hamlet. I pray thee, do not mock me, fellow- student ; I think it was to see my mother's wedding. Horatio. Indeed, my lord, it followed hard upon. Hamlet. Thrift, thrift, Horatio ! The funeral bak'd meats 180 Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables. Would I had met my dearest" foe in heaven Ere ever I had seen that day, Horatio! My father ! — methinks I see my father. Horatio. 0 where, my lord ? Hamlet. In my mind's eye, Horatio. 185 Horatio. I saw him once. He was a goodly king. Hamlet. He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again. Horatio. My lord, I think I saw him yesternight. Hamlet. Saw? Who? 190 Horatio. My lord, the king your father. Hamlet. The king my father ! Horatio. Season0 your admiration for a while With an attent0 ear, till I may deliver, . Upon the witness of these gentlemen, This marvel to you. Hamlet. For Heaven's love, let me hear. 195 Horatio. Two nights together had these gentlemen, Marcellus and Bernardo, on their watch, In the dead vast" and middle of the night, Been thus encounter'd. A figure like your father, Arm'd at all points exactly, cap-a-pe, 200 Appears before them, and with solemn march Goes slow and stately by them. Thrice he walk'd By their oppress'd and fear-surprised eyes, With...

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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613.

Edition details

• Publisher: Signet Classics
• Publication date: 1963
• ISBN 10: 0451510224
• ISBN 13: 9780451510228
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English