Hedda Gabler (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Henrik Ibsen
- First Published: 1890
- Type of Work: Drama
- Genres: Social realism, Drama
- Subjects: Intellectuals, Suicide, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Scandinavia or Scandinavians, Boredom, Norway or Norwegians
- Locales: Oslo, Norway
Hedda Gabler has married George Tessman, a scholar in the history of civilization. After a six-month-long honeymoon and research trip, the couple has returned home in order to settle into a comfortable middle-class existence. Tessman is counting on obtaining a professorship at the University.
It soon becomes apparent that Hedda is bored with everything in her life: her husband, his pretty bourgeois relatives, and the fact that she is pregnant. Her only amusement is practicing with two pistols inherited from her father, General Gabler. Judge Brack, the family lawyer, offers...
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