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Henrik Ibsen

Born

in Skien, Norway

March 20, 1828

Died

May 23, 1906

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Drama

Influences

August Strindberg, Georg Brandes, Kierkegaard, Henrik Arnold Wergeland ...more

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Henrik Johan Ibsen was a major Norwegian playwright largely responsible for the rise of modern realistic drama. He is often referred to as the "father of modern drama." Ibsen is held to be the greatest of Norwegian authors and one of the most important playwrights of all time, celebrated as a national symbol by Norwegians.

His plays were considered scandalous to many of his era, when Victorian values of family life and propriety largely held sway in Europe and any challenge to them was considered immoral and outrageous. Ibsen's work examined the realities that lay behind many facades, possessing a revelatory nature that was disquieting to many contemporaries.

Ibsen largely founded the modern stage by introducing a critical eye and free inquir ...more

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Henrik Ibsen’s books

Average rating: 3.81 · 302,161 ratings · 16,741 reviews · 2,336 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Doll's House 3.77 avg rating — 167,061 ratings — published 1879 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hedda Gabler 3.83 avg rating — 39,957 ratings — published 1890 — 1006 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghosts 3.82 avg rating — 18,760 ratings — published 1881 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Enemy of the People 3.87 avg rating — 15,622 ratings — published 1882 — 756 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen, David Eldridge (Adapted by) 3.81 avg rating — 11,545 ratings — published 1884 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peer Gynt 3.71 avg rating — 9,544 ratings — published 1867 — 493 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Four Major Plays: A Doll's House / Ghosts / Hedda Gabler / The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen, James McFarlane (Introduction), Jens Arup (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 6,798 ratings — published 1879 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Master Builder 3.81 avg rating — 4,757 ratings — published 1892 — 388 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Doll's House and Other Plays by Henrik Ibsen, Peter Watts (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.97 avg rating — 3,334 ratings — published 1960 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lady from the Sea 3.88 avg rating — 2,650 ratings — published 1888 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Henrik Ibsen (?)

“It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life”
― Henrik Ibsen, Ghosts

tags: happiness

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“You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.”
― Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People

tags: confidence, opposition, resistance, struggle

409 likes

“I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.”
― Henrik Ibsen

tags: majority, society

405 likes

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Polls

April 2017 Short Story Poll

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, 128 pages, 1911

54 votes, 18.8%

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, 122 pages, 1879

51 votes, 17.7%

Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau, 33 pages, 1849

37 votes, 12.8%

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, 110 pages, 1984

30 votes, 10.4%

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Oscar Wilde, 125 pages, 1891

22 votes, 7.6%

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, 108 pages, 1872

22 votes, 7.6%

Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville, 64 pages, 1853

20 votes, 6.9%

2BRO2B by Kurt Vonnegut,30 pages, 1962

14 votes, 4.9%

A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor, 24 pages, 1955

13 votes, 4.5%

A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J.D. Salinger, 18 pages, 1948

11 votes, 3.8%

The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick, 69 pages, 1989

10 votes, 3.5%

The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen, 94 pages, 1894

4 votes, 1.4%

288 total votes

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