A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

"A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen is a three-act play written in 1879. Set in a Norwegian town, the play follows Nora Helmer, a married woman struggling for self-fulfillment in a male-dominated world. When a desperate bank employee threatens to expose a secret loan Nora obtained by forging her father's signature, her carefully constructed life begins to unravel. The play sparked outraged controversy at its premiere and became a theatrical sensation that transcended the stage, igniting debates throughout society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
Editor Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel), 1888-1951
Translator Sharp, R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson), 1864-1945
Uniform Title Et dukkehjem. English
Title A Doll's House
Series Title Ten cent pocket series no. 353
Series Title [Little blue book no. 353]
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Doll%27s_House
Credits E-text prepared by Ted Garvin, David Garcia, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Reading Level Reading ease score: 86.6 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Marriage -- Drama
Subject Man-woman relationships -- Drama
Subject Norwegian drama -- Translations into English
Subject Wives -- Drama
Category Text
eBook-No. 15492
Release Date
Last Update Dec 14, 2020
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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