Ghosts, Henrik Ibsen
Ghosts, Henrik Ibsen
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Ghosts
Full Cast Drama

Author: Henrik Ibsen

Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano, The Bell

Unabridged: 2 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/02/2024

Categories: Fiction, Ghost, Classic


Synopsis

In Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts," readers are thrust into a world of haunting secrets and suppressed truths that lurk beneath the surface of a seemingly respectable family. Set in a small Norwegian town, the play centers around the Alvings, whose façade of respectability is shattered when the ghosts of their past come back to haunt them. As Mrs. Alving struggles to come to terms with the legacy of her late husband's actions and the impact they have had on her family, she is forced to confront the uncomfortable truths that lie buried within her own heart.
Through Ibsen's piercing social critique and psychological insight, "Ghosts" exposes the hypocrisy and moral decay that lurks beneath the surface of bourgeois society. As the characters grapple with the consequences of their actions and the weight of societal expectations, readers are drawn into a world where the sins of the past cast a long shadow over the present. With its searing indictment of societal norms and its exploration of the human capacity for self-deception, "Ghosts" remains as relevant today as it was when first penned, challenging readers to confront uncomfortable truths about themselves and the society in which they live.

About Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) was a major nineteenth-century Norwegian playwright, theater director, and poet. He is often referred to as “the father of prose drama” and is one of the founders of modernism in the theater. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll’s House, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, and The Master Builder. Several of his plays were considered scandalous to many of his era, when European theater was required to model strict mores of family life and propriety. Ibsen’s work examined the realities that lay behind many façades, revealing much that was disquieting to many contemporaries. It utilized a critical eye and free inquiry into the conditions of life and issues of morality.


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