Ratings86
Average rating3.6
Format read: paperback
Reading time: 2 hours
Tags: theatre, realism, feminism, social commentary, criticism, problem play
Own a copy: yes
Reread likelihood: 8/10
Summary
Nora Helmer is a bourgeois housewife with a dark secret–she has incurred a large debt without her husband's knowledge. When an old school friend comes to visit her, attracted by Torvald Helmer's new high-paying job at the bank, and Nora's creditor surfaces with new threats, Nora tries everything in her power to keep her secret hidden to the detriment of her own freedom and happiness.
“I believe that before all else I am a human being, just as much as you are–or at least I will try to become one”
-A Doll's House, III.555-556
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