Ghosts and Other Plays (Ghosts; A Public Enemy; When We Dead Awake) by Henrik Ibsen

Ghosts and Other Plays (Ghosts; A Public Enemy; When We Dead Awake)

Henrik Ibsen

304 pages first pub 1964 (editions)

fiction classics play challenging reflective slow-paced
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Of the three plays in this volume, Ghosts and A Public Enemy are social dramas of his middle period; and the former, described by one London critic as "an open sewer," raised the greatest outcry of all Ibsen's attacks on convention. When We Dead W...

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Community Reviews Summary of 37 reviews

Moods

dark 100%
mysterious 66%
sad 66%
tense 66%
adventurous 33%
reflective 33%

Pace

fast 66%
medium 33%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 50% | Plot: 50%

Strong character development?

Yes: 100%

Loveable characters?

No: 50% | It's complicated: 50%

Diverse cast of characters?

N/A: 50% | Yes: 50%

Average rating

3.61

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