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February 2, 2021 03:00 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2021/02/02/let-me-tell-you-is-a-full-length-novel-comprised-only-of-the-483-words-spoken-by-ophelia-in-hamlet.html
Full-length novel written using the 483 words spoken by Ophelia in "Hamlet"
Thanks to this LitHub article, I just learned about Paul Griffiths' 2014 novel let me tell you, a 144-page book that is solely comprised of the 426 words spoken by the character of Ophelia in Hamlet. While I haven't personally read the book yet, I was intrigued by the creative devising process laid out in the aforementioned interview:
— Read the restI began with the idea of taking all the words spoken in Hamlet and rearranging them into a new text.
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2021/02/02/let-me-tell-you-is-a-full-length-novel-comprised-only-of-the-483-words-spoken-by-ophelia-in-hamlet.html
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