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A Selection from Henrik Ibsen
Published: 08/05/08
Paperback A Doll's House provoked uproar when it made its Scandinavian debut in 1879. In it, and it's immediate successor, Ghosts , Ibsen brought to light attitudes that a self-righteous, hypocritical society would have preferred to leave unexamined; his heroines' perceptions about society and their position in it are conveyed with a clarity that is still shockingly dramatic. In Hedda Gabler and The Master Builder Ibsen shifted his focus from the pressures exerted on women by society to the pressures... (more info) Usually despatched immediately
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The slamming of the front door at the end of A Doll's House shatters the romantic masquerade of the Helmers' marriage. In their stultifying and infantilised relationship, Nora and Torvald have deceived themselves and each other both consciously and subconsciously, until Nora acknowledges the need for individual freedom. A revised student edition of classic set text: A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the tragic hypocrisy of Victorian... (more info) Usually despatched immediately
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