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 |
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| 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 | Mar 29, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 14, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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