Hedda Gabler (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Henrik Ibsen
- First Published: 1890
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: Norway
- Principal Characters: George Tessman, Hedda Tessman, Miss Juliana Tessman, Mrs. Elvsted, Judge Brack, Eilert Lovberg
- Genres: Social realism, Drama
- Subjects: Intellectuals, Suicide, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Scandinavia or Scandinavians, Boredom, Norway or Norwegians
- Locales: Oslo, Norway
The Story:
When aristocratic Hedda Gabler, daughter of the late General Gabler, consented to marry Doctor George Tessman, everyone in Hedda’s set was surprised and a little shocked. Although George was a rising young scholar and would soon be a professor at the university, he was not considered to be the ideal mate for Hedda. He was dull and prosaic, absorbed almost exclusively in his books and manuscripts, whereas Hedda was the beautiful, spoiled darling of her father and all the young men who had flocked around her. Hedda was now twenty-nine, however, and George was the...
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