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

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.