# Hamlet

by [William Shakespeare](https://localbooks.app/authors/william-shakespeare)

- Genres: [희곡·시나리오](https://localbooks.app/genres/poetry/plays-and-screenplays)
- Set in: [헬싱외르, Capital Region, 덴마크](https://localbooks.app/places/dk/capital-region/helsingor); [Kronborg Castle, 헬싱외르, Capital Region, 덴마크](https://localbooks.app/places/dk/capital-region/helsingor/kronborg-castle)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1603
- Pages: 192

## Description

A ghost walks the battlements at Elsinore, and it tells Prince Hamlet that his father was murdered by the uncle who now wears the crown and has married his mother. Hamlet feigns madness while he decides what to do, and the Danish court begins to come apart around him.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL9170454W)
- [Standard Ebooks (ebook)](https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/william-shakespeare/hamlet)

Read a free sample: https://localbooks.app/books/hamlet/read/1 (22 chapters, 32061 words)

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