· Maggie O'Farrell's new novel confronts a parent's worst nightmare: The loss of a child. In this case, it's Hamnet, the real-life son of William Shakespeare, whose death may have inspired www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 6 mins. · Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell review – tragic tale of the Latin tutor’s son. A fictionalised account of the short life of Shakepeare’s son, Hamnet, is a work of profound www.doorway.ru: Stephanie Merritt. · Maggie O’Farrell’s ‘Hamnet’ reimagines the life and death of Shakespeare’s only son. On Aug. 11, , William Shakespeare’s only son, Hamnet, was buried. He was 11 years old. Almost Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.
A stunning new departure for Maggie O'Farrell's fiction, Hamnet is the heart-stopping story behind Shakespeare's most famous play. On a summer's day in , a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. It so happens that the child at the center of Hamnet inspired one of civilization's most famous plays, but in Maggie O'Farrell's gifted hands, Hamnet feels as real as my own child. The raw physical life of O'Farrell's Renaissance England is enthralling. But the beating heart of this book is Hamnet's mother - an indelible, dauntless woman. Buy Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 4 editions - starting at $ Shop now.
Likewise, this historical event has also engendered Maggie O’Farrell’s magnum opus. Hamnet is a profoundly affecting study of Agnes Shakespeare: a loving wife, a grieving mother, and a woman who has been maligned by history. It is an utterly bewitching book suffused with incandescent beauty and intense emotion, and ghosted by extraordinary dream-images that will haunt your imagination long after you have finished reading it. By Hamilton Cain. . Maggie O' Farrell is the author of Hamnet (Knopf) Books have seen me through the pandemic. It’s almost a cliché among bibliophiles, but each week I run across this sentiment on Twitter and Facebook, in long-distance phone chats, over brie and bottles of chardonnay in nearby Prospect Park. Maggie O'Farrell's new novel confronts a parent's worst nightmare: The loss of a child. In this case, it's Hamnet, the real-life son of William Shakespeare, whose death may have inspired Hamlet.
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