The Wild Duck - Softcover

Ibsen, Henrik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1503095975 ISBN 13: 9781503095977

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

The idealistic son of a corrupt merchant exposes his father's duplicity, but in the process destroys the very people he wishes to save. Gregers Werle forces his friends, the Ekdals, to confront the truth about their lives — but the truth only serves to wound them further. ‘The Wild Duck’ (1884) with its innovatory symbolism and its touching portrait of a fourteen-year-old girl held in thrall by her feckless father. Check out our other books at www.dogstailbooks.co.uk

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About the Author

Born in 1828, Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright and poet, often associated with the early Modernist movement in theatre. Determined to become a playwright from a young age, Ibsen began writing while working as an apprentice pharmacist to help support his family. Though his early plays were largely unsuccessful, Ibsen was able to take employment at a theatre where he worked as a writer, director, and producer. Ibsen s first success came with Brand and Peter Gynt, and with later plays like A Doll s House, Ghosts, and The Master Builder he became one of the most performed playwrights in the world, second only to William Shakespeare. Ibsen died in his home in Norway in 1906 at the age of 78.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1503095975
• ISBN 13: 9781503095977
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• Editor: Jonson Will