Hedda Gabler and Other Plays [electronic resource]
Henrik Ibsen2019
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Four of Ibsen's most important plays in superb modern translations, part of the
new Penguin Ibsen series.
In these four unforgettably intense plays, Henrik Ibsen explores the complex
nature of truth, the tension between freedom and responsibility, and the
terrible pull that the past exerts over the present. In The Wild Duck, an
idealist destroys a family by exposing the lie behind his friend's marriage. In
Rosmersholm, a respectable man is driven to extremes by guilt over his wife's
death, while in The Lady from the Sea a woman is caught between her family and
the enticement of the wild sea. And in Hedda Gabler, one of Ibsen's most famous
and vivid anti-heroines struggles to break free from the conventional life she
has created for herself, with tragic results.
The new Penguin series of Ibsen's major plays offer the best available editions
in English, under the general editorship of Tore Rem. The plays have been
freshly translated by the best modern translators and are...
Main title:
Hedda Gabler and Other Plays [electronic resource] / Henrik Ibsen
Author:
Henrik Ibsen, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Penguin, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (400 pages,)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780141964164
Language:
English
BRN:
434741
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