PACEMAKER CLASSICS

by Emily Hutchinson

First published 1995

In the medieval Danish kingdom of Elsinore, Prince Hamlet mourns his father's sudden death. When his uncle Claudius takes the throne and marries Hamlet's mother Gertrude, the prince is consumed by suspicion and grief. After a ghostly apparition claims Claudius murdered the old king, Hamlet vows to avenge the crime. As he descends into a dark mental state, Hamlet's search for the truth puts his loved ones - including his beloved Ophelia - in grave danger. In this gripping psychological drama, a young man's quest for justice threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.

Genres: drama, adaptations, literary-fiction, historical-fiction

Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: revenge, unreliable-narrator

95 pages · Paperback · FEARON

Content warnings: death, mental-illness

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