#3 in Drama & theatre
Hamlet
- 178
- Pages
- about 3.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
A revenge tragedy with a ghost and a royal family at its centre, though its real subject is hesitation: the hero thinks where others would act, circling doubt, despair and a madness that may or may not be real. Readers return for how much human uncertainty fits into so few pages. The language is dense and written for the stage, and some find a first encounter hard going. Best read slowly, or seen performed.
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About the book
The Klingon Hamlet, or The Tragedy of Khamlet, Son of the Emperor of Qo'noS, is a translation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet into Klingon, a constructed language first appearing in the science fiction franchise Star Trek.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 1,746 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 92% of the weight and the score stays at 8.0 — the Drama & theatre average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 173 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 1.6K | 90% |
Frequently asked
How long is Hamlet?
It has 178 pages — longer than 79% of the ranked books in Drama & theatre.
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