Ebook {Epub PDF} Ophelia by Lisa M. Klein

As another reviewer says, in the play, Ophelia is a young woman who is very much a pawn to others, here Klein writes a version of the famous play in which Ophelia is quite different. Without giving anything away, in this book, Ophelia is vivacious and very intelligent, almost shrewd/5(). In her impressive first novel, Klein retells Hamlet, expanding on the romance between its hero and Ophelia, who narrates this version. Keeping true to the framework of the play, the heroine, now.  · Free download or read online Ophelia pdf (ePUB) book. The first edition of the novel was published in October 31st , and was written by Lisa M. Klein. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Hardcover format. The main characters of this historical, historical fiction story are,/5.

Lisa Klein reinvents the story, creating an Ophelia who can read and write, loves - and marries - a man she knows is above her station, and who is smart enough to realize that her life is in danger and she must leave. In the novel, Ophelia is wooed by Hamlet. They court wearing the costuming of the peasantry, and are secretly married and. In her impressive first novel, Klein retells Hamlet, expanding on the romance between its hero and Ophelia, who narrates this version. Keeping true to the framework of the play, the heroine, now 16, reports the tragic events in the troubled Elsinore castle. Lisa Klein's Ophelia was the result of that search, and it proved an enjoyable read for this adult-with-a-teenager's-sensibilities. Like Klein, I have always been dismayed at the weak portrayals of most of the female characters in Shakespeare's plays.

Ophelia by Lisa Klein is a YA retelling of Hamlet and is told in the voice of Ophelia. The original storyline has been changed in order to accommodate this plot, so in this version Ophelia doesn’t go insane nor does she die but instead fakes her death and leaves Denmark for the refuge of a convent in France. Earlier this month, word broke on the entertainment wires that Daisy Ridley and Naomi Watts were in negotiations to star in a movie project based on Lisa Klein’s YA novel Ophelia, a story written from the viewpoint of one of most tragic of Shakespeare’s female characters: Hamlet’s doomed love, Ophelia. (Ms. Lisa M. Klein is the author of Ophelia ( avg rating, ratings, reviews, published ), Cate of the Lost Colony ( avg rating, rat.