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Read A Doll's House in English, with German beside it
by Henrik Ibsen · 1828–1906
"A Doll's House : a play by Henrik Ibsen" is a three-act play written in 1879. Set in a Norwegian town, it follows Nora Helmer, a married woman navigating life in a male-dominated society where opportunities for self-fulfillment are scarce. When a figure from her past threatens to expose a secret financial transgression, Nora faces a crisis that challenges everything she knows about her marriage and identity. The play sparked outraged controversy upon its premiere and remains one of the most performed works in theater history.
Summary generated automatically by Project Gutenberg.
- Read time
- 120 min
- Words
- 26,466
- Chapters
- 4
- Paragraphs
- 1,317
- Price
- Free
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Marriage -- Drama
- Norwegian drama -- Translations into English
- Wives -- Drama
NORA.
NORA.
With several children.
Mit mehreren Kindern.
There now, it is burning up.
Sieh mal, es brennt schon.
[Shuts the door of the stove and moves the rocking-chair aside.]
[Schließt die Tür des Ofens und rückt den Schaukelstuhl beiseite.]
About the author
Henrik Ibsen1828–1906
Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright, poet, and writer born in 1828 in Skien and died in 1906 in Christiania.
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- German, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #2542
- Licence
- Public domain worldwide
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