Books author - "Henrik Ibsen"
Description Hedda, the proud and willful daughter of General Gabler, newly married to George Tesman, returns from her honeymoon to Norway. She chafes at the prospect of a dull life in a loveless marriage until a former lover, Eilert Lรธvborg, returns and throws their financial future into disarray. The appearance of Heddaโs old schoolmate Thea, who wants to reform Lรธvborg, and Judge Brack, who wants Hedda in his power, leave her struggling to build the life she wants. Hedda Gabler was first
Description In 1870s Norway, Nora Helmer struggles to be her own person within her marriage and a society that limits the opportunities of women. When decisions made to protect her husband come back to haunt her, Nora must fight for her family and for her own place in the world. Since its first theatrical run, in which every performance was sold out, A Dollโs House has inspired admiration, controversy, and discussion. First published by Ibsen in 1879 in Danish, the official language of
Description Written in 1881, when melodrama and farce were still at their peak of popularity, Ibsenโs Ghosts is a three-act tragedy that explores uncomfortable, even forbidden themes. It is also a highly critical commentary on the morality of the day. The play centers around the widow of a prominent Norwegian sea captain whose son returns home and, with tragic consequences, revives the ghosts of the past that she has long labored to put to rest. Ghosts immediately became a source of controversy
ts maywell rank as Ibsen's greatest work. It was the play which firstgave the full measure of his technical and spiritual originalityand daring. It has done far more than any other of his plays to"move boundary-posts." It has advanced the frontiers of dramaticart and implanted new ideals, both technical and intellectual, inthe minds of a whole generation of playwrights. It ranks withHernani and _La Dame aux Camรฉlias_ among the epoch-making playsof the nineteenth century, while in
his new book to a man like Tesman, whom he despises. But though Tesman is a ninny, he is, as Hedda says, a "specialist"--he is a competent, plodding student of his subject. Lovborg may quite naturally wish to see how his new method, or his excursion into a new field, strikes the average scholar of the Tesman type. He is, in fact, "trying it on the dog"--neither an unreasonable nor an unusual proceeding. There is, no doubt, a certain improbability in the way in which Lovborg
have known sinceour marriage.Mrs. Linde. I know how fond you were of him. And then you wentoff to Italy? Nora. Yes; you see we had money then, and the doctors insisted onour going, so we started a month later. Mrs. Linde. And your husband came back quite well? Nora. As sound as a bell! Mrs. Linde. But--the doctor? Nora. What doctor? Mrs. Linde. I thought your maid said the gentleman who arrivedhere just as I did, was the doctor? Nora. Yes, that was Doctor Rank, but he doesn't come
Description Hedda, the proud and willful daughter of General Gabler, newly married to George Tesman, returns from her honeymoon to Norway. She chafes at the prospect of a dull life in a loveless marriage until a former lover, Eilert Lรธvborg, returns and throws their financial future into disarray. The appearance of Heddaโs old schoolmate Thea, who wants to reform Lรธvborg, and Judge Brack, who wants Hedda in his power, leave her struggling to build the life she wants. Hedda Gabler was first
Description In 1870s Norway, Nora Helmer struggles to be her own person within her marriage and a society that limits the opportunities of women. When decisions made to protect her husband come back to haunt her, Nora must fight for her family and for her own place in the world. Since its first theatrical run, in which every performance was sold out, A Dollโs House has inspired admiration, controversy, and discussion. First published by Ibsen in 1879 in Danish, the official language of
Description Written in 1881, when melodrama and farce were still at their peak of popularity, Ibsenโs Ghosts is a three-act tragedy that explores uncomfortable, even forbidden themes. It is also a highly critical commentary on the morality of the day. The play centers around the widow of a prominent Norwegian sea captain whose son returns home and, with tragic consequences, revives the ghosts of the past that she has long labored to put to rest. Ghosts immediately became a source of controversy
ts maywell rank as Ibsen's greatest work. It was the play which firstgave the full measure of his technical and spiritual originalityand daring. It has done far more than any other of his plays to"move boundary-posts." It has advanced the frontiers of dramaticart and implanted new ideals, both technical and intellectual, inthe minds of a whole generation of playwrights. It ranks withHernani and _La Dame aux Camรฉlias_ among the epoch-making playsof the nineteenth century, while in
his new book to a man like Tesman, whom he despises. But though Tesman is a ninny, he is, as Hedda says, a "specialist"--he is a competent, plodding student of his subject. Lovborg may quite naturally wish to see how his new method, or his excursion into a new field, strikes the average scholar of the Tesman type. He is, in fact, "trying it on the dog"--neither an unreasonable nor an unusual proceeding. There is, no doubt, a certain improbability in the way in which Lovborg
have known sinceour marriage.Mrs. Linde. I know how fond you were of him. And then you wentoff to Italy? Nora. Yes; you see we had money then, and the doctors insisted onour going, so we started a month later. Mrs. Linde. And your husband came back quite well? Nora. As sound as a bell! Mrs. Linde. But--the doctor? Nora. What doctor? Mrs. Linde. I thought your maid said the gentleman who arrivedhere just as I did, was the doctor? Nora. Yes, that was Doctor Rank, but he doesn't come