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Gertrude and Claudius, John Updike

Label
Gertrude and Claudius, John Updike
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Gertrude and Claudius
Oclc number
41565089
Responsibility statement
John Updike
Series statement
A Book-of-the-Month Club main selection
Summary
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 brings to life Gertrude's girlhood as the daughter of King Rorik, her arranged marriage to the man who becomes King Hamlet, and her middle-aged affair with her husband's younger brother
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