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Publication

1990 - Dover, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

18,000 words, Guess

Page Count

72 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC839.8/226
  • LCCPT8868 .A323 1990
  • LCCPT8868.A323 1990

Description

A masterpiece of modern theater, Hedda Gabler is a dark psychological drama whose powerful and reckless heroine has tested the mettle of leading actresses of every generation since its first production in Norway in 1890. Ibsen's Hedda is an aristocratic and spiritually hollow woman, nearly devoid of redeeming virtues. George Bernard Shaw described her as having "no conscience, no conviction … she remains mean, envious, insolent, cruel, in protest against others' happiness." Her feeling of anger and jealousy toward a former schoolmate and her ruthless manipulation of her husband and an earlier admirer lead her down a destructive path that ends abruptly with her own tragic demise.

First Sentence

A spacious, handsome, and tastefully furnished drawing room, decorated in dark colours.

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  • Dover thrift editions

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