| Hedda Gabler and Other Plays: The Pillars of the Community; The Wild Duck; Hedda Gabler Contributor(s): Ibsen, Henrik (Author), Ellis-Fermor, Una (Translator), Ellis-Fermor, Una (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 014044016X ISBN-13: 9780140440164 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $9.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1951 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: The three plays in this volume cover the period during which Ibsen (1828-1906) was preoccupied with realistic problems of personal and social morality. In The Pillars of the Community, partly by means of symbolism, he exposes the effects of a lie told to preserve a man's public reputation. The solution - to admit the truth - scarcely seemed so simple seven years later, when Ibsen completed The Wild Duck in apparent disillusionment. Hedda Gabler, the latest of these plays, is both a drama of individual conflict and partial return to social themes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Scandinavian - Drama |
| Dewey: 839.822 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.12" W x 7.78" (0.65 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Scandinavian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |