Four Great Plays: A Doll’s House, The Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder

Four of the most popular and profound works from the playwright known as the ＂father of modern theater.＂

A Doll’s House (1879) and Ghosts (1881) established Ibsen’s reputation as one of the finest playwrights in Europe, but his next two plays--Hedda Gabler (1890) and The Master Builder (1892)--gave him undisputed international fame.

This edition includes:
-A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
-A chronology of the author’s life and work
-A timeline of significant events that provides the book’s historical context
-An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations
-Detailed explanatory notes
-Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work
-Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
-A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader’s experience

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Norwegian dramatist Henrick Ibsen is considered the Shakespeare of the modern era for his realistic portrayals of social problems that possessed a psychological depth that forced the European middle class to confront themselves and the faulty aspects of their value system.