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Hamlet
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Transcriber's Note: This is a heavily edited version of _Hamlet_. It was used for Charles Kean's 1859 stage production. Phrases printed in italics in the book are indicated in this electronic version by _ (underscore). Footnotes originally appeared at the bottom of each page. For this electronic version the footnotes are collected at the end of each act. In Act I, Scene 5, the word Uumix'd has been changed to Unmix'd…
Details
- AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
- SourceProject Gutenberg #27761
- Length29,226 words
- Chapters7
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-03
Contents
7 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01OF
- 02SCENE I.--ELSINORE. A PLATFORM BEFORE THE CASTLE. NIGHT.
- 03SCENE II.--A ROOM OF STATE IN THE PALACE.
- 04But what, in faith,[53] make you[54] from Wittenberg?[55]
- 05SCENE III.--A ROOM IN POLONIUS'S HOUSE.
- 06SCENE IV.--THE PLATFORM. NIGHT.
- 07SCENE V.--A MORE REMOTE PART OF THE PLATFORM. NIGHT.
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