Hedda Gabler and other plays : The pillars of the community ; The wild duck ; Hedda Gabler / Henrik Ibsen ; translated by Una Ellis-Fermor

By:

Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906

Contributor(s):

Ellis-Fermor, Una Mary, 1894-1958

Material type:

TextSeries: The Penguin classicsPublication details: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Eng. : Penguin Books, c1961, 1980 printingDescription: 368 p. ; 18 cmISBN:

9780140440164
014044016X

DDC classification:

839.8226

Contents:

The pillars of the community -- The wild duck -- Hedda Gabler

Summary: In these three unforgettably intense plays, Henrik Ibsen explores the problems of personal and social morality that he perceived in the world around him and, in particular, the complex nature of truth. 'The Pillars of the Community' (1877) depicts a corrupt shipowner's struggle to hide the sins of his past at the expense of another man's reputation, while in 'The Wild Duck' (1884) an idealist, believing he must tell the truth at any cost, destroys a family by exposing the lie behind his friend's marriage. And 'Hedda Gabler' (1890) portrays an unhappily married woman who is unable to break free from the conventional life she has created for herself, with tragic results for the entire family

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	Books	Centeral Library First floor - Languages				839.8226 I.H.H 1961 (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Available			1044

First published under the title : Three plays

The pillars of the community -- The wild duck -- Hedda Gabler

In these three unforgettably intense plays, Henrik Ibsen explores the problems of personal and social morality that he perceived in the world around him and, in particular, the complex nature of truth. 'The Pillars of the Community' (1877) depicts a corrupt shipowner's struggle to hide the sins of his past at the expense of another man's reputation, while in 'The Wild Duck' (1884) an idealist, believing he must tell the truth at any cost, destroys a family by exposing the lie behind his friend's marriage. And 'Hedda Gabler' (1890) portrays an unhappily married woman who is unable to break free from the conventional life she has created for herself, with tragic results for the entire family

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