{"product_id":"a-dolls-house-and-other-plays-with-pillars-of-the-community-ghosts-and-an-enemy-of-the-people-9780141194561","title":"A Doll's House and Other Plays: With Pillars of the Community, Ghosts and an Enemy of the People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour of Ibsen's most important plays in superb modern translations, part of the new Penguin Ibsen series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With her assertion that she is \"first and foremost a human being,\" rather than a wife, mother or fragile doll, Nora Helmer sent shockwaves throughout Europe when she appeared in Henrik Ibsen's greatest and most famous play, \u003ci\u003eA Doll's House\u003c\/i\u003e. Ibsen's follow-up, \u003ci\u003eGhosts\u003c\/i\u003e, was no less radical, with its unrelenting investigation into religious hypocrisy, family secrets, and sexual double-dealing. These two masterpieces are accompanied here by \u003ci\u003eThe Pillars of Society\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAn Enemy of the People\u003c\/i\u003e, both exploring the tensions and dark compromises at the heart of society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHENRIK IBSEN\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(1828-1906) is often called 'the Father of Modern Drama'. Born in Norway in 1828, he enjoyed successes with the verse dramas \u003ci\u003eBrand\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePeer Gynt\u003c\/i\u003e, before embarking on his great 12-­play cycle of society dramas, which included \u003ci\u003eA Doll's House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGhosts\u003c\/i\u003e. After twenty-­one years of self-­imposed exile in Italy and Germany, Ibsen died in Norway in 1906. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDEBORAH DAWKIN and ERIK SKUGGEVIK, are freelance literary translators. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTORE REM is a professor of British literature at the University of Oslo.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610277318930,"sku":"9780141194561","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc00a77d-81d3-4592-9e69-a405656502e1.jpg?v=1737290371","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-dolls-house-and-other-plays-with-pillars-of-the-community-ghosts-and-an-enemy-of-the-people-9780141194561","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}