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Title: Hedda Gabler and Other Plays
Author: Henrik Ibsen
ISBN: 9780141194578
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 2020
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 448
Publisher Description: <b>A collection of four plays by the famed playwright, including <i>Hedda Gabler</i>, which features one of the most infamous women characters in theater <p/>A Penguin Classic <p/></b>One of the most renowned playwrights of all time, Norwegian-born Henrik Ibsen was an influential figure in the development of realist theater. <i>Hedda Gabler</i>, arguably Ibsen's greatest work, is a tumultuous and sweeping play about a woman contending with her own dissatisfaction at the turn of the nineteenth century. Considered by many critics a heroine as complex and tragic so as to rival Hamlet, Hedda finds her life in disarray after the sudden appearance of her husband's rival--her former lover, Eilert--and, consumed by jealousy toward Eilert's new paramour, triggers the chain of events that will lead to the play's ultimate, shocking conclusion. <i>The Wild Duck</i>, <i>The Lady from the Sea</i>, and <i>Rosmersholm</i>, though lesser known, are no less provocative or brimming with psychological complexity; together, these four plays serve as timeless explorations of identity, society, power, and freedom.<b> </b>
Author: Henrik Ibsen
ISBN: 9780141194578
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 2020
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 448
Publisher Description: <b>A collection of four plays by the famed playwright, including <i>Hedda Gabler</i>, which features one of the most infamous women characters in theater <p/>A Penguin Classic <p/></b>One of the most renowned playwrights of all time, Norwegian-born Henrik Ibsen was an influential figure in the development of realist theater. <i>Hedda Gabler</i>, arguably Ibsen's greatest work, is a tumultuous and sweeping play about a woman contending with her own dissatisfaction at the turn of the nineteenth century. Considered by many critics a heroine as complex and tragic so as to rival Hamlet, Hedda finds her life in disarray after the sudden appearance of her husband's rival--her former lover, Eilert--and, consumed by jealousy toward Eilert's new paramour, triggers the chain of events that will lead to the play's ultimate, shocking conclusion. <i>The Wild Duck</i>, <i>The Lady from the Sea</i>, and <i>Rosmersholm</i>, though lesser known, are no less provocative or brimming with psychological complexity; together, these four plays serve as timeless explorations of identity, society, power, and freedom.<b> </b>
