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Gertrude and Claudius audiobook
- By: John Updike
- Narrator: John Lee
- Category: Fiction, Literary
- Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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Gertrude and Claudius Audiobook Summary
Gertrude and Claudius are the “villains” of Hamlet: he the killer of Hamlet’s father and usurper of the Danish throne; she his lusty consort, who marries Claudius before her late husband’s body is cold. But in this imaginative “prequel” to the play, John Updike makes a case for the royal couple that Shakespeare only hinted at. Gertrude and Claudius are seen afresh against a background of fond intentions and family dysfunction, on a stage darkened by the ominous shadow of a sullen, erratic, disaffected prince. “I hoped to keep the texture light,” Updike said of this novel, “to move from the mists of Scandinavian legend into the daylight atmosphere of the Globe. I sought to narrate the romance that preceded the tragedy.”
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Gertrude and Claudius Full Details
| Narrator | John Lee |
| Length | 5 hours 36 minutes |
| Author | John Updike |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | May 01, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780593150108 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Gertrude and Claudius is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: 20th century, 21st century, adultery, american, american fiction, american literature, denmark, hamlet, historical, historical fiction, literature, retelling, shakespeare, updike, historical novels, historical novel, saga, historical fiction books, historic fiction, drama, genre fiction, literary historical fiction, historical books, historical book, historical fiction novels, historical fiction novel, historical fiction book, historical fiction saga, historical fiction sagas, historical saga, historical sagas, fiction, sagas, Fiction, Literary, Fiction, Historical The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, Literary
Additional info
The publisher of the Gertrude and Claudius is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780593150108.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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