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A Doll's House (Drama Classics) [Paperback]

Henrik Ibsen (Author), Kenneth McLeish (Author)
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Publication Date: 21 April 1994 | Series: Drama Classics
Number three in NHB's Drama Classics Series, providing the world's great drama at a great price.

The introduction to this edition of A Doll's House includes a short biography of Henrik Ibsen and chronology of his work; a guide to what happens in the play; a short history of the play and its context; and a brief guide to characterisation, language and themes.

Nora Helmer, wife to Torvald and mother of three children, appears to enjoy living the life of a pampered, indulged child. But as her economic dependence becomes brutally clear, Nora's acceptance of the status quo undergoes a profound change. To the horror of the bewildered Torvald, himself caught in the tight web of a conservative society which demands that he exert strict control, Nora comes to see that the only possible true course of action is to leave the family home.

A Doll's House is a set text for Edexcel (London) English Language and Literature A/AS Level and for NICCEA English Literature A/As Level.

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  • Paperback: 126 pages
  • Publisher: Nick Hern Books (21 April 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 185459236X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1854592361
  • Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 0.8 x 16 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
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G. J. Gillis
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Ibsen's work has always relied on its translators...Best of all - in my opinion at least - is Kenneth McLeish's outstanding translation of the play. --Stephen Unwin Artistic director ETT and the Rose Theatre, Kingston

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A collection of literature anthologies and reference books for Key Stage 3 onwards. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting and insightful text which I enjoyed studying 22 Oct 2000
By Pooky Hesmondhalgh
Format:Paperback
As a part of my A level studies I have concentrated on this text. I have found it most interesting and insightful if a little hard to comprehend at first. This edition is very good for the price but is by no means upto the standard of other texts which boast analysis and also the alternative ending. I have yet to find a good sudy guide to this text so it is perhaps worth investing in a more facilitative original text if your intention is for study.
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Themes and images I enjoyed thinking about. 26 Jan 2001
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When I completed reading, "A Doll's House", by Henrik Ibsen, I had thoroughly enjoyed, this particluar piece of literature and thought about how its themes and images, relate to my own personal experiences. Not only does the play have its motives for the past, but it also serves as a revealing a moral message for modern day society.

Whilst reading the text, Ibsen allows me to mentally picture, "A Doll's House", by so many walls and "doors", which confined the chararcters to becoming alienated within their own environment.

From beginning to end, the text focuses on how Nora becomes isolated by her husband's dominance, which is portrayed through his patronizing behaviour. He calls her, "little spendrift", "little squirrel" and manipulates his, "doll wife" when he articulates her moves, for practicing the "Tarrantella". Overall, Nora becomes the, "songbird" trapped within a cage.

Krogstad is symbolic for bringing the threat of the outside world, into Nora's idealized home, through his blackmailing behaviour. It is frightening to know the damage it causes to ruin a beautiful relationship, which is based on a lie, that metophorically contaminates and poisons individuals within an enclosed home.I found that the atmosphere was so stifiling for the characters,I felt symapthetic towards them.

Ibsen's moral message entails, in order for women to feel independent, they need to get to know themselves, so they are able to experience, develop knowledge and deal with the outside world alone. This is what Ibsen wanted to portray to a Nineteenth Century audience.Ibsen's play relates to everyday experiences, such as, "debt", causing a home to, "never be a place of freedom and beauty". This piece of literature is so powerful, that I believe it is one of Ibsen's most striking master pieces, I have ever read that deals with conventions and norms of women living in a Victorian masculine society.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A very relevant play 24 Mar 2010
By Jo
I am personally very fond of Ibsen. He is not one to tell you what to think (he is a Naturalist writer after all), so you are for once given the opportunity to think for yourself!
The play depicts scenes from 'real' life; In fact, Ibsen drew very heavily from the story of one of his friends. The result is very realistic; a pseudo-marriage where neither party seems particularly interested in the person they are married to, but have replaced them with an idealised picture of what they have decided they are. Maybe we should cut out the agony aunt comments out of magazines about why marriages fail and just publish Ibsen's plays instead? =P
I would add to some the above comments that you should NOT be overly 'Victorian' in your way of thinking about this play. This play is not set (nor was Ibsen) in Victorian England. If you truly want to understand this play (e.g. for analysis in studies) make sure you read up on how Norwegian society functioned in the late 1800s - a society very different from that of Britain. It might also be interesting to read a bit about Italy and Germany, since Ibsen lived in these countries during his active life.
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