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Read ‘Hamlet’ with the Eyes with Which ‘Hamnet’ Was Written

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What happens when a contemporary novel looks back to imagine the pain that gave rise to one of the most famous tragedies in the history of literature? Maggie O’Farrell, author of Hamnet (2020), opens her work with the following historical note: “In the 1580s, a couple living in Henley Street, Statford-upon-Avon, had three children: Susanna, and later, the twins Hamnet and Judith. The boy, Hamnet, died in 1596, at the age of eleven. About four ye…
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What happens when a contemporary novel looks back to imagine the pain that gave rise to one of the most famous tragedies in the history of literature? Maggie O’Farrell, author of Hamnet (2020), opens her work with the following historical note: “In the 1580s, a couple living in Henley Street, Statford-upon-Avon, had three children: Susanna, and later, the twins Hamnet and Judith. The boy, Hamnet, died in 1596, at the age of eleven. About four ye…

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Revista Central broke the news in on Saturday, January 31, 2026.
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