The Works of Henrik Ibsen

This collected edition of the works of Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) descends from the standard English set prepared between 1906 and 1912 by William Archer, the Scottish critic who did more than anyone to win Ibsen an English-speaking audience. Published by William Heinemann in London and Scribner’s in New York, the edition appeared just as the dramatist died in Christiania, and for decades its translations were the ones quoted, staged, and taught. The span runs from the verse dramas Brand and Peer Gynt of the 1860s through the social plays A Doll’s House, Ghosts, and Hedda Gabler to the late symbolic piece When We Dead Awaken. For readers wanting Ibsen whole rather than play by play, it remains the convenient gateway. Free PDF download available on BDeBooks.