The Master Builder - format ePub

L'anitra selvatica è una delle opere più rappresentative di Henrik Ibsen, scritta nel 1884. La trama ruota attorno alla famiglia Ekdal e al loro strano rapporto con la verità e le illusioni. Ibsen utilizza...

Bolette. Well, Ballested, does it work smoothly? Ballested. Certainly, Miss Bolette, that's easy enough. May I ask-do you expect any visitors today? Bolette. Yes, we're expecting Mr. Arnholm this morning....

From Munich, on June 29, 1890, Ibsen wrote to the Swedish poet, Count Carl Soilsky: "Our intention has all along been to spend the summer in the Tyrol again. But circumstances are against our doing so....

Little Eyolf was written in Christiania during 1894, and published in Copenhagen on December 11 in that year. By this time Ibsen's correspondence has become so scanty as to afford us no clue to what may...

"A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen is a groundbreaking and thought-provoking masterpiece that challenges societal norms and explores the complex dynamics of marriage and identity. Set in 19th-century Norway,...

Mrs. Helseth. Hadn't I better begin and lay the table for supper, miss? Rebecca. Yes, do. Mr. Rosmer ought to be in directly. Mrs. Helseth. Isn't there a draught where you are sitting, miss? Rebecca....

In the haunting and enigmatic "Little Eyolf," Henrik Ibsen weaves a tale of love, loss, and the complexities of human nature. As the Allmers family grapples with the tragic death of their young son, Eyolf,...

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Hedda, the proud and willful daughter of General Gabler, newly married to George Tesman, returns from her honeymoon to Norway. She chafes...

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. In 1870s Norway, Nora Helmer struggles to be her own person within her marriage and a society that limits the opportunities of women. When...

In Henrik Ibsen's play "Little Eyolf" we meet Alfred Allmer and his wife Rita, whose marriage and relationship has been strained ever since their son, Eyolf, fell from a table as an infant and became...

Master Builder Halvard Solness is an ageing architect who has not achieved what he wanted, neither in art nor in love. He fears and bullies his juniors, and thinks he is going mad. His wife and mistress...

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Written in 1881, when melodrama and farce were still at their peak of popularity, Ibsen’s Ghosts is a threeact tragedy that explores uncomfortable,...

In Henrik Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People," the narrative revolves around Dr. Thomas Stockmann, a principled physician who discovers that the waters of the town's famous spa are contaminated. Set against...

In 'Dramatische Werken: De comedie der liefde; Brand; Peer Gynt' bundelt Henrik Ibsen enkele van zijn meest invloedrijke en thematisch rijke stukken. Deze werken verkennen complexe menselijke emoties...

Henrik Ibsenin teos "Nora", joka tunnetaan myös nimellä "Nukkekoti", on merkittävä näytelmä, joka syventyy naisen asemaan 1800-luvun patriarkaalisessa yhteiskunnassa. Näytelmässä seurataan nuoren vaimon,...

Dans une mise en scène de Jean-François Sivadier : du 7 au 15 mars à la MC2 Grenoble, du 10 mai au 15 juin au théâtre de l'Odéon (Paris). Les frères Tomas et Peter Stockmann se ressemblent comme le jour...

Une maison de poupée met en scène la révolte d’une femme qui prend soudain conscience d’avoir été toute sa vie soumise aux hommes de son entourage. Avec cette pièce créée en 1879, Henrik Ibsen fit un...

Gregers Werle, homme idéaliste, revient dans sa ville natale après un long exil, et se trouve mêlé aux affaires d’une étrange famille, causant des résultats désastreux. Les secrets qui se cachent derrière...

Rosmer, ancien pasteur, est éprouvé par le suicide de sa femme. Son beau-frère lui fait rencontrer Rebekka, dont Rosmer tombe amoureux. Il découvre pourtant qu'elle est à l'origine de ce décès tragique...

Après l'incendie de sa maison et la mort de ses enfants, le constructeur Solness va-t-il être capable de revivre grâce à la jeunesse qui frappe à sa porte, comme un rêve? ... 4 hommes, 3 femmes / durée...

Nora mène une vie en apparence idyllique avec son mari Torvald et leurs enfants. Mais derrière cette façade se cache un mariage étouffant où elle étouffe. Traitée comme une poupée fragile par son époux,...

Mariage d’Amour ou Mariage arrangé ?Voilà la question centrale de cette magnifique pièce de théâtre de Henrik Ibsen, auteur norvégien. Il est l’un des plus grands dramaturges du XIX e siècle. Cependant,...

En Norvège, dans 'une maison confortable et de bon goût', une famille se prépare à fêter Noël. Mais le douillet et rassurant cocon se fissure quand le secret de Nora, la jeune et joyeuse épouse, menace...

Dans une société polie ou? règnent l’ordre et la morale religieuse, les secrets d’une famille, en apparence bien sous tous rapports, e?clatent et re?ve?lent la cause des non-dits et des absences.3 hommes,...

Une maison de poupée (Et Dukkehjem) est une pièce de théâtre du dramaturge norvégien Henrik Ibsen, créée en 1879. Elle est inscrite au registre international Mémoire du monde de l'UNESCO. Présentation...

Une nouvelle traduction qui met en valeur l'écriture d'Ibsen dans sa plus célèbre pièce, où Nora, femme mariée, se retrouve acculée à quitter son mari et son foyer. Fuite ou acte enfin libératoire ? Personnages...

Henrik Ibsen, l'un des dramaturges les plus importants du 19e siècle, aborde ici le thème de la passion amoureuse et nous rappelle que le mariage par amour est une pratique récente qui fait opposition...

Hedda Gabler est une des cinq dernières pièces d'Ibsen. Écrite à Munich en 1890, peu de temps avant le retour définitif de l'auteur en Norvège, elle fut aussitôt traduite et publiée en plusieurs langues...

Dans ce chef-d’oeuvre intemporel, Henrik Ibsen raconte l’errance de Peer Gynt, rêveur en quête de gloire fuyant responsabilités et amours sincères. Entre fantastique et réalité, la pièce explore liberté,...

A door slams, and the echoes never fade. Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House (1879) is a play that doesn't shout—it lingers, unsettling and undeniable. Beneath the surface of a seemingly ordinary household...

Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of...

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The hauntingly prophetic classic novel. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being...

Is it ever too late to leave the friend zone? Friends-to-lovers TikTok sensation, The Cheat Sheet, is the rom-com that has readers laughing and rooting for these lovable best friends from the first page!...

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma...

"There it was, hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing green skull with a serpent tongue, the mark Death Eaters left behind whenever they had entered a building… wherever they had murdered…"...

"'Give me Harry Potter,' said Voldemort's voice, 'and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded.'"As he climbs...

Fame. Fashion. Friendship. Hollie can't catch a break. She's broke, she's back living with her family, and her career prospects are precisely zero. So when the chance arises for her and her best friend...

Jonathan Harker, a young London solicitor travels to Transylvania to help a rich nobleman, Count Dracula, purchase an estate in England. Dracula is planning to immigrate to England, and wants Harker to...

This ebook compiles Jule Verne's complete collection, including "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Interior of the Earth", "The Mysterious Island", "Around the World in Eighty Days",...

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