Hedda Gabler And Other Plays
by Una Mary Ellis-fermor, Henrik Ibsen

Name: Hedda Gabler And Other Plays
Brand: Una Mary Ellis-fermor
SKU: 9780140440164
Rating: 3.94 (853 reviews)

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Highlights

Scandinavian

What readers are saying

Readers have a mixed response to the collection, with 'Hedda Gabler' receiving the most acclaim. Many appreciate Ibsen's exploration of complex characters and societal issues, while some find certain plays, like 'The Pillars of the Community', less engaging. The insights into female psychology and social expectations are frequently highlighted as strengths.

Complex character explorationTimeless themesSharp societal critiqueSome dialogue feels forcedNot all plays are engaging

Synopsis

In these three unforgettably intense plays, Henrik Ibsen explores the problems of personal and social morality that he perceived in the world around him and, in particular, the complex nature of truth.

The Pillars of the Community (1877) depicts a corrupt shipowner’s struggle to hide the sins of his past at the expense of another man’s reputation, while in The Wild Duck (1884) an idealist, believing he must tell the truth at any cost, destroys a family by exposing the lie behind his friend’s marriage.

And Hedda Gabler (1890) portrays an unhappily married woman who is unable to break free from the conventional life she has created for herself, with tragic results for the entire family.

Publication

PublisherPenguin

Year1961

BindingPaperback

Pages368

PlaceHarmondsworth, Middlesex, Eng

LanguageEnglish

ISBN-139780140440164

ISBN-10014044016X

LCCPT8854 .E38 1961

DCC839.8/226

Hedda Gabler And Other Plays is a Scandinavian play written by Una Mary Ellis-fermor and published by Penguin in Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Eng (1961).

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