A Doll’s House E-Book

Henrik Ibsen

• Herausgeber: Henrik Ibsen
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

A Doll’s House is a comedy in three acts in prose by Henrik Ibsen. The work is significant for its critical attitude towards the 19th century marriage norms. Ibsen was inspired by the belief that “a woman can not be herself in modern society”, since it is “an exclusively male society, with laws made by men and with prosecutors and judges who assess feminine conduct from a masculine standpoint”.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Dramatis Personae

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

A DOLL’S HOUSE

BY

HENRIK IBSEN

First digital edition 2018 by Maria Ruggieri

Dramatis Personae

Dramatis Personae

Torvald Helmer. Nora, his wife. Doctor Rank. Mrs Linde. Nils Krogstad. Helmer's three young children. Anne, their nurse. A Housemaid. A Porter. [The action takes place in Helmer's house.]

ACT I

[SCENE. A room furnished comfortably and tastefully, but not extravagantly. At the back, a door to the right leads to the entrance-hall, another to the left leads to Helmer's study. Between the doors stands a piano. In the middle of the left-hand wall is a door, and beyond it a window. Near the window are a round table, arm-chairs and a small sofa. In the right-hand wall, at the farther end, another door; and on the same side, nearer the footlights, a stove, two easy chairs and a rocking-chair; between the stove and the door, a small table. Engravings on the walls; a cabinet with china and other small objects; a small book-case with well-bound books. The floors are carpeted, and a fire burns in the stove.

It is winter. A bell rings in the hall; shortly afterwards the door is heard to open. Enter NORA, humming a tune and in high spirits. She is in outdoor dress and carries a number of parcels; these she lays on the table to the right. She leaves the outer door open after her, and through it is seen a PORTER who is carrying a Christmas Tree and a basket, which he gives to the MAID who has opened the door.]