Henrik Ibsen

Dr. Thomas Stockmann, civic-minded man of science with an independent spirit, is the complex hero of Henrik Ibsen's controversial 1883 drama. It is a story of environmental crisis, whistleblowing, competing stakeholders, corruption, the press, pride, power, resistance, betrayal, and the complex nature of democracy. Ibsen surgically exposes the heart of capitalism, its moral contradictions and compromises with the truth. Includes introduction and questions for discussion. A high quality edited text for actors, teachers, students, and general readers. Translated by R. Farquharson Sharp.

Lady Inger of strat; The Vikings at Helgeland: The Pretenders is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Nora - A Doll's House - Et dukkehjem - a play. Translated from the Norwegian by Henrietta Frances Lord is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Hedda Gabler - A Drama in Four Acts - Translated from the Norwegian by Edmund Gosse is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Henrik Ibsen is one of the most prolific playwrights of all time, with over twenty-five plays written during his lifetime as well as around 300 poems. He is known as the "father of modern drama" as he changed the direction of theatrical writing by revealing the truth about human error and casting light on the realities of society. Though his plays were criticized for being scandalous during a time when European theater was expected to follow a strict pattern depicting the morals of society, Ibsen is often lauded as the best playwright since William Shakespeare. Ibsen's plays are the most performed throughout the world, aside from Shakespeare himself. Ibsen reworked the rules of drama, introducing a complex realism into his plays that was not seen before. Ibsen's plays challenge assumptions about reality and depicts real issues of his time, creating a more artistic value to drama, rather than simply being entertaining.

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen is a play in three acts written and translated in 1879 and performed the same year. The drama centres around an ordinary family Torvald Helmer, a bank lawyer, his wife Nora, and their three little children. A Doll's House is a classic fiction masterpiece of theatrical craft which, was the first of its time to portray the tragic hypocrisy of Victorian middle-class marriage. The play deals with the fate of a married woman, who at the time in Norway lacked reasonable opportunities for self-fulfilment in a male-dominated world. Bringing in a new social era it exploded like a bomb into contemporary life and is a must read for anyone interested in the work of Henrik Ibsen.

full text. A three-act play written by Henrik Ibsen and a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the tragic hypocrisy of Victorian middle class marriage on stage. The play ushered in a new social era and "exploded like a bomb into contemporary life". And in 2001, UNESCO has inscribed Ibsen's autographed manuscripts of A Doll's House on the Memory of the World Register, in recognition of their historical value.

It's a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the tragic hypocrisy of Victorian middle class marriage on stage. The play ushered in a new social era and "exploded like a bomb into contemporary life". The play is significant for its critical attitude toward 19th-century marriage norms. It aroused great controversy at the time, as it concludes with the protagonist, Nora, leaving her husband and children because she wants to discover herself. Ibsen was inspired by the belief that "a woman cannot be herself in modern society," since it is "an exclusively male society, with laws made by men and with prosecutors and judges who assess feminine conduct from a masculine standpoint."