| John Gabriel Borkman Contributor(s): Archer, William (Translator), Ibsen, Henrik (Author) |
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ISBN: 1502309971 ISBN-13: 9781502309976 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.49 lbs) 116 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The play is based on an incident that Ibsen recorded from an earlier period in his life, the attempted suicide of an army officer who had been accused of embezzlement. The Borkman family fortunes have been brought low by the imprisonment of John Gabriel who used his position as a bank manager to illegally speculate with his investors' money. The action of the play takes place eight years after Borkman's release when John Gabriel Borkman, Mrs. Borkman, and her twin sister Ella Rentheim battle over the future of young Erhart Borkman. Though John Gabriel Borkman continues the line of naturalism and social commentary that marks Ibsen's middle period, the final act suggests a new phase for the playwright, a phase brought to fruition in his final more symbolic work When We Dead Awaken.OCo Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." |