Hedda Gabler
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Tags: Classics, Drama, Norwegian
ISBN:140650145X
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In this 1890 play, a newly-married couple goes from honeymoon to utter disaster. Hedda, a wealthy young woman, has just been wed to George Tesman, an aspiring professor. Very little holds their marriage together, however, as it becomes swiftly apparent that Hedda and George have next to nothing in common. When George’s scholarly rival, Ejlert Lovborg, begins gaining ground in a competition for a coveted academic post, jealousy and desperation pervade their marriage. The differences between Lovborg’s seemingly successful situation and Hedda’s own meager lifestyle become too great for her to bear. Together she and George hatch a heartless plan for revenge and watch the tragic plot unfold. Although their treachery forms a temporary bond between them, Hedda and George soon find that not even they can escape the destructive consequences of their cruelty.
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Opening Lines (Experimental)
PLAY IN FOUR ACTS.
CHARACTERS.
HEDDA TESMAN, his wife.
MISS JULIANA TESMAN, his aunt.
MRS. ELVSTED.
JUDGE** BRACK.
EILERT LOVBORG.
BERTA, servant at the Tesmans.
of Civilisation.
** In the original "Assessor."
of Christiania.
ACT FIRST.
portrait of a handsome elderly man in a ...
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4/5
Reviewed by emiletic on Jul 16, 2009
Protrait of a Self-Oriented Woman
This is a short play, well done in that it made me really despise Hedda!
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Ratings for 'Hedda Gabler' by Ibsen, Henrik
| elliott57 | | 2009-08-06 | |
| emiletic | | Read review | 2009-07-16 |
| lizkies |  | 2009-05-29 |
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