Shakespeare's Danish prince, asked by a ghost to avenge a murdered father, spends five acts weighing whether to act at all.
That hesitation is what keeps the play alive for each new generation of readers: the question of what a thinking person owes to duty, grief and proof has not aged. The 240-page pocket format carries the full play text, which makes it practical for students who need the whole thing rather than selected scenes. Fingerprint! Publishing sizes its Pocket Classic line for bags and desks instead of shelves, so the book travels rather than waits at home.
Reasons readers return to it:
• The complete play in a pocket-sized paperback of 240 pages
• Soliloquies that remain among the most quoted passages in English
• A trim size built for commutes, bags and classroom desks
• Issued by Fingerprint! Publishing within its Pocket Classic line
Well judged for literature students, theatre-goers and readers building a Shakespeare shelf, published by Fingerprint! Publishing and available from Boipoka.