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Ghosts : A Family-Drama in Three Acts
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ibsen, Henrik.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English drama--Translations from Norwegian.
- English drama.
- Norwegian drama--Translations into English.
- Norwegian drama.
- Local Subjects:
- English drama--Translations from Norwegian.
- English drama.
- Norwegian drama--Translations into English.
- Norwegian drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (170 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland : The Floating Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Fearing rejection by her community, Helene Alving stayed with her philandering husband up until his death. She finds out that her son Osvald not only has congenital syphilis, but is in love with the maid without knowing she is his half-sister. Eventually Mrs. Alving must face the cruel choice of euthanizing her own son as he descends into a syphilitic madness. As with Ibsen's A Doll's House , Ghosts was an intentionally controversial work...
- Contents:
- Title; Contents; Introduction; Characters; Act First; Act Second; Act Third
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-77651-008-9
- OCLC:
- 589158333
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