Ghosts

by Henrik Ibsen

Overview

Powerful psychological drama (1881) exposes hypocrisy of social conventions and society's moral codes. Mrs. Helen Alving is haunted by her husband's infidelities and the disease he has passed to their son. Ultimately, she is forced to acknowledge the "ghosts" that have kept her from living "just for the joy of life."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486298528
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	07/11/1997
Series:	Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
Edition description:	Unabridged
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	315,539
Product dimensions:	4.80(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) was a Norwegian playwright who thrived during the late nineteenth century. He began his professional career at age 15 as a pharmacist’s apprentice. He would spend his free time writing plays, publishing his first work Catilina in 1850, followed by The Burial Mound that same year. He eventually earned a position as a theatre director and began producing his own material. Ibsen’s prolific catalogue is noted for depicting modern and real topics. His major titles include Brand, Peer Gynt and Hedda Gabler.

Editorial Reviews

...a crisp, clear and often lyrical translation...

Arizona Daily Star

...frank and bold...

Green Valley News

Meyer's translations of Ibsen are a major fact in one's general sense of post-war drama. Their vital pace, their unforced insistence on the poetic centre of Ibsen's genius, have beaten academic versions from the field.” —The New Statesman

From the Publisher

Meyer's translations of Ibsen are a major fact in one's general sense of post-war drama. Their vital pace, their unforced insistence on the poetic centre of Ibsen's genius, have beaten academic versions from the field.

The New Statesman