A Doll’s House and Other Plays

Drama Literary Criticism

Author: Henrik Ibsen

Delivering three distinct and powerful visions of characters who choose to defy convention in the pursuit of happiness, Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Other Plays is translated with an introduction by Peter Watts in Penguin Classics. The League of Youth was Ibsen’s first venture into realistic social drama and marks a turning-point in his style. By 1879 Ibsen was convi….Read More

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