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Jul 21, 2020 · NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait delivers a luminous portrait of a marriage, a family ravaged by grief, and a boy whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays of all time.
Mar 29, 2020 · A fictionalised account of the short life of Shakepeare’s son, Hamnet, is a work of profound understanding. Stephanie Merritt. Sun 29 Mar 2020 05.00 EDT. I n 1596, William Shakespeare’s...
Jul 17, 2020 · HAMNET. A Novel of the Plague. By Maggie O’Farrell. “Hamnet” is an exploration of marriage and grief written into the silent opacities of a life that is at once extremely famous and...
About Hamnet. NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait delivers a luminous portrait of a marriage, a family ravaged by grief, and a boy whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays of all time.
Mar 26, 2020 · Thu 26 Mar 2020 03.30 EDT. I n Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell has placed the bit players of the Shakespeare story centre stage, while the dramatist himself is never even named. This is primarily a...
Jul 31, 2020 · Anne and William Shakespeare’s son Hamnet died in 1596, when he was 11 years old. We don’t know too much more about him. But author Maggie O’Farrell’s new novel, Hamnet, delves into his story and comes away with a lyrical and moving portrait of a family’s grief.
Hamnet Summary. Next. Chapter 1. In the 1580s, a tutor conducting a boring lesson for a local farmer ’s son catches sight of the farmer’s eldest daughter, Agnes, through a window. She has a wild and “witchy” reputation because she can see into the future and because she is frequently seen haunting the forest with her kestrel. They fall in love.
