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Three late plays present intimate, psychologically intense dramas that probe responsibility, pride, and the cost of ambition. In one, parental self-deception and complacency are exposed when a physically impaired child's disappearance forces painful reckonings; another follows a disgraced man consumed by memories of past ascendancy and the ruin his obsessions bring to family and associates; the third depicts an older creative figure confronting past compromises and yearning for renewal while facing the limits of redemption. Together they blend domestic realism with symbolic elements, stressing moral ambiguity and the destructive effects of self-centeredness.

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Title: The collected works of Henrik Ibsen, Vol. 11 (of 11)

Author: Henrik Ibsen

Editor: William Archer

Release date: October 26, 2024 [eBook #74642]

Language: English

Original publication: London: William Heinemann, 1907

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THE COLLECTED WORKS OF
HENRIK IBSEN
VOLUME XI
LITTLE EYOLF
JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN
WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF
HENRIK IBSEN
Copyright Edition. Complete in 11 Volumes.
Crown 8vo, price 4s. each.
ENTIRELY REVISED AND EDITED BY
WILLIAM ARCHER
Vol. I. Lady Inger, The Feast at Solhoug, Love’s Comedy
Vol. II. The Vikings, The Pretenders
Vol. III. Brand
Vol. IV. Peer Gynt
Vol. V. Emperor and Galilean (2 parts)
Vol. VI. The League of Youth, Pillars of Society
Vol. VII. A Doll’s House, Ghosts
Vol. VIII. An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck
Vol. IX. Rosmersholm, The Lady from the Sea
Vol. X. Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder
Vol. XI. Little Eyolf, John Gabriel Borkman, When We Dead Awaken
London WILLIAM HEINEMANN
21 Bedford Street, W.C.

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF
HENRIK IBSEN

Copyright Edition

VOLUME XI
LITTLE EYOLF
JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN
WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN
WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY
WILLIAM ARCHER


LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
1910
Collected Edition first published November 1907
Second Impression July 1910

Copyright 1907 by William Heinemann