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Gertrude and Claudius
A Novel
Author: John Updike
Narrator: John Lee
Unabridged: 6 hr 23 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
Published: 12/03/2019
Category: Fiction - Literary
Synopsis
Gertrude and Claudius are the “villains” of Hamlet: he the killer of Hamlet’s father and usurper of the Danish throne; she his lusty consort, who marries Claudius before her late husband’s body is cold. But in this imaginative “prequel” to the play, John Updike makes a case for the royal couple that Shakespeare only hinted at. Gertrude and Claudius are seen afresh against a background of fond intentions and family dysfunction, on a stage darkened by the ominous shadow of a sullen, erratic, disaffected prince. “I hoped to keep the texture light,” Updike said of this novel, “to move from the mists of Scandinavian legend into the daylight atmosphere of the Globe. I sought to narrate the romance that preceded the tragedy. Download the Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike audiobook on your phone, tablet, or computer today.”