I have one thing to say about this book, and that is that is is fabulous. The movie didn't live up to the book in so many ways. This is a spin off of the traditional Cinderella story that I read at least twelve times as a kid. DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE MOVIE.

Really clever to wait and hunt the vampire at nighttime!

I'm not as enthusiastic about this novel as I was about Around the World in 80 days, however I did enjoy all the same.

Much the same principle, it follows a scientist and explorer who wishes to join up all the expeditions which have been made to Africa in order to trace the source of the Nile and also to ensure that even the most univiting parts of the continent can be viewed, if only from the air.

Again he is accompanied by a faithful servant and also his best friend. Who would be without these companions?!!

JULES VERNE
Name:Jules Verne
Born: 8th Feb 1828
Died: 24th March 1905
Age: 77.
Nationality: French
Most Famous Works: Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days, From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea.
First Novel Published: From the Earth to the Moon (English) 1865
Five Weeks in a Balloon (French) 1863

Really enjoyed this Harry Potter too.

Harry goes back to Hogwarts for his second year, and discovers some weird goings on, pupils are being attacked by a strange monster who was set free from the Chamber of Secrets. But where is this mysterious chamber and who would have the power to set the monster free?

A comical situvation at the first half and a dungen of danger at the second

Loved it

and by cute I mean easy to read, entertaining, funny and witty but serious at the same time. I mean, they guy is dead. How funny can it be, really? I like the writing. but um... wow. some language.

page 5.

This book is...... well just amazing. The writing is wonderful! I started reading it and because of all the mediocrity I've been reading lately was not expecting much. But my jaw dropped and I was like "wow! what a writer!"

The story is wild so far, but I'm not too far into it. We'll see what happens :)

Hamlet's father is killed by his uncle, Claudius, who takes the throne and marries the widowed queen. The ghost of his father asks him to avenge his death by killing Claudius. Hamlet kills Polonius, Claudius' counselor, accidentally. Claudius sends Hamlet to England where he is to be killed, but he gets back to Denmark safe. Claudius and Laertes, Polonius' son, plot to kill him by poisoning a rapier and wine. Ophelia, Polonius' daughter and Hamlet's love, drowns after going mad.The queen, Gertrude, drinks the poisoned wine while watching Hamlet and Laertes duel. She falls, and while distracted, Hamlet is wounded slightly by Laertes. They have a scuffle and switch swords and Hamlet wounds Laertes. Laertes dies and Hamlet stabs Claudius when he finds out he was behind everything. Hamlet, dying, leaves his crown to Fortinbras of Norway.

This play was alright. Wasn't very easy to read, but there was a lot of action to keep one slightly interested. My sister tells me that Lion King was based on this (which makes sense).

"Give thy thoughts no tongue, nor any
unproportioned thought his act."
-Act I, Scene III, Lines 65-6

"To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand."
-Act II, Scene II, Lines 194-5

"Madness in great ones must not unwatched go."
-Act III, Scene I, Line 203

What can I say? This is my favorite of WS's plays. Although I'm not a big reader of his, I appreciate his work.

Hamlet is a young prince who sees the ghost of his dead father, telling him that the new king, Hamlet's uncle, killed him. He is told to kill his uncle to avenge his father. Those around Hamlet see him descend into madness, though whether it is feigned is of some debate.

I have had the opportunity to love Shakespeare from an actor's, reader's, and audience's point of view. This play achieves magnificence at all levels. It is my favorite work by a true genius who wrote the world as no one had even thought of doing.

Reread for class on Heroes in Literature

What can one say about Hamlet that has not already been said? I am not Harold Bloom.

Hamlet is the most convoluted character ever! But his story is interesting. I love how everything wraps up nicely in the end.

BONUS: The Simpsons' parody of this is hilarious!

Shakespeare's exploration of the human conscience - the meaning of "madness" - is what made this play so revolutionary and it is what has kept the play so popular for over 300 years. Hamlet breaks tradition from previous revenge tragedies of the jacobean, elizabethan, and classical tragedies in that Shakespeare provides a "method" for the madness. The purpose of the "ghost" of Hamlet's father remains debated today. The discussion of protestant vs catholic vs pagan beliefs is exciting.

The Arden edition is especially beneficial to students of literature or of Shakespeare because it provides excellent explanatory notes, appendices, introductions, etc.