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Gertrude and claudius a novel

Set before the action begins in Shakespeare's Hamlet, this speculative novel follows the lives of Gertrude and Claudius, King and Queen of Denmark, as they wend their way towards adultery and treachery to ascend the throne.

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  • "Gertrude and Claudius"@it

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  • "The story of the King and Queen of Denmark before the events of Shakespeare's Hamlet."
  • "Set before the action begins in Shakespeare's Hamlet, this speculative novel follows the lives of Gertrude and Claudius, King and Queen of Denmark, as they wend their way towards adultery and treachery to ascend the throne."@en
  • "Gertrude, la fille du roi du Danemark, épouse par raison Horwendil qui monte à son tour sur le trône. Insatisfaite de son mariage et incapable d'amour maternel envers son fils Hamlet, elle se laisse séduire par son beau-frère Fengon et ses récits de voyage... Le parcours des différentes personnages d'"Hamlet" avant le début de la célèbre pièce, avec pour héroïne Gertrude, la mère d'Elseneur."
  • "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.""@en
  • "Our own king of erudition has gone back to the Hamlet story to imagine its inception: its offstage pre-story, when Claudius fell in love with his brother's queen and that first dastardly deed in the garden was set in motion. Wickedly replete with allusions, weaving the history of ideas with the lustier possibilities of adulterous coupling. ... There is something delightful about following Updike down this path, seeing his sentiments and sympathies unfold.-The Boston Globe."@en
  • "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."
  • "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."@en

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  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Blindendruck"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "American fiction"
  • "Love novels"
  • "Milostné romány"
  • "Popular literature"

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  • "Gertrude and claudius a novel"@en
  • "Gertrude și Claudius"
  • "Gertrude und Claudius : Roman ; [die Vorgeschichte von Shakespeares Hamlet]"
  • "Gertrude et Claudius : roman"
  • "Gertrude et Claudius"
  • "Gertrude And Claudius"@en
  • "Gertruda i Klavdiĭ"
  • "Gertrudis i Claudi"@ca
  • "Gertrudis i Claudi"
  • "Una storia in Danimarca"@it
  • "Una storia in Danimarca"
  • "Gertrude and Claudius : a novel"
  • "Gertrude and Claudius : [novel]"
  • "Gertrude and claudius"@en
  • "Gertruda i Klaudije"
  • "Gertrude and Claudius A Novel"@en
  • "Gertrude and Claudius"@en
  • "Gertrude and Claudius"
  • "Gertrud és Claudius"@hu
  • "Gertrud és Claudius"
  • "Gertrud og Claudius"@da
  • "Gertrud og Claudius"
  • "Gertrude şi Claudius : [roman]"
  • "Gertrude und Claudius Roman"
  • "Gertrude und Claudius"
  • "Gertruda i Klaudiusz"@pl
  • "Gertruda i Klaudiusz"
  • "Gertrudis y Claudio"@es
  • "Gertrudis y Claudio"
  • "Gertruda i Klavdiĭ : roman"
  • "Gertrud och Claudius"@sv
  • "Gertrud och Claudius"
  • "Gertrude und Claudius : Roman"
  • "Gertrude and Claudius : [a novel]"
  • "Gertrude en Claudius"
  • "Gertruda a Claudius"

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