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Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Hamnet about?
Drawing on Maggie O'Farrell's long-term fascination with the little-known story behind Shakespeare's most enigmatic play, Hamnet & Judith is a luminous portrait of a marriage, at its heart the loss of a beloved child."Of all the stories that argue and speculate about Shakespeare’s life... here is a novel... so gorgeously written that it transports you." - The Boston GlobeEngland, 1580. A young Latin tutor - penniless, bullied by a violent father - falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman: a wild creature who walks her family's estate with a falcon on her shoulder and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer. Agnes understands plants and potions better than she does people, but once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose gifts as a writer are just beginning to awaken when his beloved young son succumbs to bubonic plague."As William Styron once wrote, the historical novelist works best when fed on short rations. The rations at Maggie O’Farrell’s disposal are scant but tasty, just the kind of morsels to
Who reads Hamnet?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Maggie O'Farrell
- Publisher
- Tinder Press
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781472223821
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (54,288 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14