{"product_id":"9786155529306","title":"A Doll's House: Illustrated","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A Doll's House\" is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of characters of the Book:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e  • Nora Helmer – wife of Torvald, mother of three, living out the ideal of the 19th century wife, but leaves her family at the end of the play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e  • Torvald Helmer – Nora's husband, a newly promoted bank manager, suffocates but professes to be enamoured of his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e  • Dr. Rank – Rich family friend, who is secretly in love with Nora. He is terminally ill, and it is implied that his \"tuberculosis of the spine\" originates from a venereal disease contracted by his father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e  • Kristine Linde – Nora's old school friend, widowed, seeking employment (named Kristine in the original Norwegian text).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e  • Nils Krogstad – Employee at Torvald's bank, single father, pushed to desperation. A supposed scoundrel, he is revealed to be a long-lost lover of Kristine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e  • The Children – Ivar, Bobby and Emmy\u003cbr\u003e  • Anne Marie – Nora's former nanny, now cares for the children.\u003cbr\u003e  • Helene – The Helmers' maid\u003cbr\u003e  • The Porter – Delivers a Christmas Tree to the Helmer household at the beginning of the play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe must come to a final settlement, Torvald. During eight whole years. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe have never exchanged one serious word about serious things.\u003cbr\u003eNora, in Ibsen's A Doll's House (1879)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT AUTHOR:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenrik Johan Ibsen (Norwegian; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as \"the father of realism\" and is one of the founders of Modernism in theatre. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PublishDrive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119602614512,"sku":"9786155529306","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9786155529306_p0.jpg?v=1763720919","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9786155529306","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}