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A Doll's House and Other Plays
A Doll's House and Other Plays
A Doll's House and Other Plays
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"A Doll's House and Other Plays" is a collection of eight of the most popular dramas by Henrik Ibsen. In "A Doll's House" we have the story of Nora Helmer, the wife of the prideful bank manager Torvald. Nora finds herself the victim of a blackmail scheme by Nils Krogstad, a man whom she has borrowed money from in order to save her husband's life. Probably Ibsen's most famous work, "A Doll's House" is accompanied by the following and equally dramatic works: "The League of Youth", "Ghosts", "An Enemy of the People", "The Wild Duck", "The Lady From the Sea", "Hedda Gabler", and "The Master Builder". In this volume fans of Ibsen and the dramatic theater will find a representative selection from one of the greatest dramatists to ever have lived.
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Release dateJan 1, 2010
ISBN9781420937145
A Doll's House and Other Plays
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Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) was a Norwegian playwright who thrived during the late nineteenth century. He began his professional career at age 15 as a pharmacist’s apprentice. He would spend his free time writing plays, publishing his first work Catilina in 1850, followed by The Burial Mound that same year. He eventually earned a position as a theatre director and began producing his own material. Ibsen’s prolific catalogue is noted for depicting modern and real topics. His major titles include Brand, Peer Gynt and Hedda Gabler.

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    In this edition are three contrasting plays by Henrik Ibsen spanning his whole career. The most well known and enduring of the collection is 'A Doll House', the other two, although interesting have a very dated, melodramatic, and old-fashioned feel about them. 'A Doll House' has become such an influential work that it instantly feels modern and somewhat familiar. You can easily forget that this was written in 1879! The theme of women's equality was both ground-breaking and scandalous at that time, as was the naturalistic setting and language. The mood steadily becomes more anxious as Nora's worst fears come to the surface and the fragile domestic bliss is shattered completely in the surprising ending. With basically only one set, Ibsen masterfully suggests a whole town outside. The plays are accompanied by an interesting introduction to the life of the author and background historical notes, as well as explaining some of the difficulties with translation.
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    Brilliant work. I felt like I had expectations by the third of these plays and yet somehow they were subverted in such a way that makes sense and seems inevitable (as it should). The dialogue pops off the page even in translation and some of the characters feel so real you could touch them. This is especially true of Daniel Hejre whom the author modeled on his father, a slashing portrait. A Doll's House, meanwhile, is a masterpiece in three acts. Rare is it that a relationship is shown with such crackle on stage as the one between the Helmers. The denouement is a dazzle of bittersweet perfection.

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