Pillars of Society by Henrik Ibsen

"Pillars of Society" by Henrik Ibsen is a play written in 1877. Karsten Bernick is a respected businessman in a Norwegian coastal town, but his carefully constructed reputation faces collapse when figures from his past return after fifteen years. They know the truth about a scandal he allowed another man to take the blame for. Desperate to protect his secrets and social standing, Bernick makes increasingly dangerous choices that threaten both his family and his soul. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
Translator Sharp, R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson), 1864-1945
Uniform Title Samfundets støtter. English
Title Pillars of Society
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pillars_of_Society
Credits Produced by Martin Adamson. HTML version by Al Haines.
Reading Level Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Norwegian drama -- Translations into English
Subject Businessmen -- Drama
Subject Hypocrisy -- Drama
Subject Norway -- Drama
Category Text
eBook-No. 2296
Release Date
Last Update Dec 31, 2020
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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