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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.
