Books with title Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck

Widely regarded as one of the foremost dramatists of the nineteenth century, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) brought the social problems and ideas of his day to center stage. Creating realistic plays of psychological conflict that emphasized character over cunning plots, he frequently inspired critical objections because his dramas deemed the individual more important than the group.In this powerful work, Ibsen places his main characters, Dr. Thomas Stockman, in the role of an enlightened and persecuted minority of one confronting an ignorant, powerful majority. When the physician learns that the famous and financially successful baths in his hometown are contaminated, he insists they be shut down for expensive repairs. For his honesty, he is persecuted, ridiculed, and declared an "enemy of the people" by the townspeople, included some who have been his closest allies.First staged in 1883, An Enemy of the People remains one of the most frequently performed plays by a writer considered by many the "father of modern drama." This easily affordable edition makes available to students, teachers, and general readers a major work by one of the world's great playwrights.

Widely regarded as one of the foremost dramatists of the nineteenth century, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) brought the social problems and ideas of his day to center stage. Creating realistic plays of psychological conflict that emphasized character over cunning plots, he frequently inspired critical objections because his dramas deemed the individual more important than the group.In this powerful work, Ibsen places his main characters, Dr. Thomas Stockman, in the role of an enlightened and persecuted minority of one confronting an ignorant, powerful majority. When the physician learns that the famous and financially successful baths in his hometown are contaminated, he insists they be shut down for expensive repairs. For his honesty, he is persecuted, ridiculed, and declared an "enemy of the people" by the townspeople, included some who have been his closest allies.First staged in 1883, An Enemy of the People remains one of the most frequently performed plays by a writer considered by many the "father of modern drama." This easily affordable edition makes available to students, teachers, and general readers a major work by one of the world's great playwrights.

English word which exactly represents the Norwegian Gengangcre, the title of the first play in this volume. It means literally A gain-goers, spirits that walk. The French word Revenants comes nearer the sense than the English Ghosts, which, however, seems to be the best available equivalent. The three plays contained in this volume stand in a certain historic relation to each other, which I may perhaps indicate without trespassing upon criticism properly so called. The publication of Ghosts brought down upon Ibsen shead a perfect tempest of obloquy. Critics who had hitherto been friendly, turned round and attacked him furiously; while the general public and its representatives in the press, says Henrik Jaeger, raised a howl of reprobation such as had not been heard since the appearance of Love s Comedy Oddly enough (for one would have imagined him prepared for an outburst of exasperation) Ibsen seems to have been astonished to find his play thus received. If not astonished, he was at any rate indignant; and in shorter time than usual he produced a new play, An Enemy of the People. It is impossible not to recognise the analogy between Dr. Stockmann sposition and that of the poet himself.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at