A Doll's House
Written by Henrik Ibsen
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About this audiobook
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
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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Reviews for A Doll's House
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5i love this play and book. This Woman awakens at last.❤❤❤
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I 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.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5First 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.