Ghosts (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Henrik Ibsen
- First Published: 1881
- Type of Work: Drama
- Genres: Social realism, Drama
- Subjects: Parents and children, Nineteenth century, Fate or fatalism, Scandinavia or Scandinavians, Orphans or orphanages, Heredity, Norway or Norwegians, Semantics
- Locales: Norway
Helene Alving, the widow of Captain and Chamberlain Alving, lives on a country estate in Western Norway. A sum of money, inherited from her late husband, has enabled her to construct an orphanage in his memory. the memorial is undeserved, however, for Captain Alving was a carnal lecher and a drunkard who transmitted his own syphillis to his newborn son, Oswald. Captain Alving also fathered a daughter, Regine, by the family maid.
Alving’s behavior, when discovered by his wife, led her to want to seek a divorce. Dissuaded by the family’s spiritual adviser, Pastor Manders, she...
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