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An Enemy of the People

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First published: 1882
Pages: 132

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Read by Elizabeth Klett, Charlotte Duckett, Libby Gohn and others · 2 h 57 min · 5 parts

Act I
32:51
Act II
37:29
Act III
36:33
Act IV
36:07
Act V
34:50

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Dr. Thomas Stockmann thinks he has done his town a great service. The medicinal baths that draw visitors and money to the community are, he discovers, poisoned by runoff from a nearby tannery, and he expects to be thanked for catching the danger before it harms anyone. Instead the townspeople, led by his own brother the mayor, turn on him rather than face the cost of a cleanup. Ibsen wrote this 1882 play partly in anger at the reception of his earlier work, and it burns with contempt for the cowardice of what he calls the compact majority. The result is a sharp, still-pointed study of one stubborn man who would rather be right and alone than comfortable and quiet.

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Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright. He is considered one of the world's pre-eminent writers of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama". He pioneered theatrical realism but also wrote lyrical epic works.