# The Hamlet

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- Book: [The Hamlet](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-faulkner/the-hamlet) ([The Hamlet.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-faulkner/the-hamlet.md))
- Authors: [William Faulkner](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-faulkner)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7973-653-0
- Pages: 432
- Published: 1991-10-29
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The Hamlet, the first novel of Faulkner's Snopes trilogy, is both an ironic take on classical tragedy and a mordant commentary on the grand pretensions of the antebellum South and the depths of its decay...