Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 2:: Hamlet Playscript (Oxford Bookworms ELT) - Softcover

Shakespeare, William; McCallum, Alistair

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0194235173 ISBN 13: 9780194235174

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2007

Synopsis

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. This famous play by William Shakespeare is one of the finest in the English language. Why does Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, look so sad? Why does he often say strange things? His family and friends are worried about him. Perhaps he is mad! But Hamlet thinks that he has discovered a terrible secret about a recent crime in his family. Now he has no time for Ophelia, the sweet girl who loves him, or his friends, who were at school with him. He sits alone, and thinks, and plans. What will he decide to do? Will he ever be happy again? CEFR A2/B1 Word count 5,945

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Synopsis:

This famous play by William Shakespeare, written in about 1600, is one of the finest in the English language. Why does Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, look so sad? Why does he often say strange things? His family and friends are worried about him. Perhaps he is mad! But Hamlet thinks that he has discovered a terrible secret about a recent crime in his family. Now he has no time for Ophelia, the sweet girl who loves him, or his friends, who were at school with him. He sits alone, and thinks, and plans. What will he decide to do? Will he ever be happy again?

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0194235173
• ISBN 13: 9780194235174
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64