Ghosts: A Domestic Tragedy in Three Acts by Henrik Ibsen

"Ghosts: A Domestic Tragedy in Three Acts" by Henrik Ibsen is a play written in 1881. Mrs. Alving prepares to dedicate an orphanage in memory of her late husband, concealing his scandalous past. When her son Oswald returns home, devastating secrets emerge about inheritance, forbidden love, and the consequences of upholding society's moral code. The play's frank treatment of taboo subjects sparked immediate controversy, yet it became recognized as a groundbreaking work that questioned whether following conventional morality leads to tragedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
Translator Sharp, R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson), 1864-1945
Uniform Title Gengangere. English
Title Ghosts: A Domestic Tragedy in Three Acts
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_(play)
Credits Produced by Martin Adamson. HTML version by Al Haines.
Reading Level Reading ease score: 86.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Families -- Drama
Subject Europe -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama
Subject Tragedies (Drama)
Subject Mothers and sons -- Drama
Subject Norwegian drama -- Translations into English
Category Text
EBook-No. 2467
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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