A Doll's House and Other Plays, 9780140441468
Paperback
Defy convention, seek happiness: Three plays that shook the world.

A Doll's House and Other Plays

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    31 August 1965

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Summary

Delivering three distinct and powerful visions of characters who choose to defy convention in the pursuit of happiness, Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Other Plays is translated with an introduction by Peter Watts in Penguin Classics.

The League of Youth was Ibsen’s first venture into realistic social drama and marks a turning-point in his style. By 1879 Ibsen was convinced that women suffer an inevitable violation of their personalities within the context of marri…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140441468
ISBN-10:0140441468
Author:Henrik Ibsen
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Edition:1st
Release Date:31 August 1965
Weight:234g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 21mm
Series:Penguin Classics
About The Author

Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen was born at Skien in Norway in 1828. He turned to journalism and playwriting instead of pursuing a university career. Ibsen was one of the earliest writers to dramatise the individual’s alienation from society. Although Ibsen was never fully appreciated during his lifetime, he has since come to be recognised as one of the great dramatists of all time and the “Father of Modern Drama.”

Peter Watts trained as a doctor at Cambridge but then turned to journalism and the theatre.

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