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    A Doll's House
    A Doll's House
    A Doll's House
    Audiobook2 hours

    A Doll's House

    Written by Henrik Ibsen

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    A Doll's House, written two years after The Pillars of Society, was the first of Ibsen's plays to create a sensation and is now perhaps his most famous play, and required reading in many secondary schools and universities. The play was highly controversial when first published, as it is sharply critical of 19th Century marriage norms. It follows the formula of well-made play up until the final act, when it breaks convention by ending with a discussion, not an unravelling. It is often called the first true feminist play, although Ibsen denied this. From Wikipedia

    Characters:
    Narrator – Read by Aleithia
    Nora – Read by Elizabeth Klett
    Porter – Read by mb
    Helmer – Read by David Muncaster
    Maid – Read by Anna Simon
    Mrs Linde – Read by Miranda Stinson
    Krogstad – Read by Jordan Schneider
    Rank – Read by Andy
    Children – Read by Aleithia
    Nurse – Read by Alana Jordan

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Author

    Henrik Ibsen

    Born in 1828, Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright and poet, often associated with the early Modernist movement in theatre. Determined to become a playwright from a young age, Ibsen began writing while working as an apprentice pharmacist to help support his family. Though his early plays were largely unsuccessful, Ibsen was able to take employment at a theatre where he worked as a writer, director, and producer. Ibsen’s first success came with Brand and Peter Gynt, and with later plays like A Doll’s House, Ghosts, and The Master Builder he became one of the most performed playwrights in the world, second only to William Shakespeare. Ibsen died in his home in Norway in 1906 at the age of 78.

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    • 5/5
      i love this play and book. This Woman awakens at last.❤❤❤

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    • 1/5
      I feel as if this play was written to capitalize off of anti-establishment sentiments, and although it does make a descent case, Nora is flawed at well. These flaws are unforgivable as it is supposed to argue her side of the relationship as being in the right.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      First of all, the acting for this audiobook was atrocious.
      And secondly, I hated every single character in this story. So many people say it is such a feminist play, and it is, in the worst way. Nora is such an awful person. Her husband wasn't great either but somehow just up and leaving the husband like that, and abandoning her children all to "find herself" is feminist? No, you are not a strong woman, you are a b*tch. Sorry, not sorry. Such a horrible message and waste of my time.