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A Doll's House

Henrik Ibsen

Start date: April 1, 2017

Finish date: April 30, 2017

Discussion: Short Story/Novella Collection

Why we're reading this: Short Story Group Read-April 2017
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Apr 16, 2016 Katy rated it really liked it

Shelves: bingo-2016

I read this in small daily installments through the Serial Reads App on my iPad.

The play itself it masterfully done with an ending that it builds to with the reader.

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Sep 27, 2015 Dr. Vipin Behari Goyal rated it it was amazing

Torvald and Nora are husband and wife. They have two children. Nora is a housewife and Torvald is making a career in banking. They are apparently a happy couple. They face ups and down slowly and their relationship disintegrates without any obvious major flaw.

We read the novel and trace the events that caused a loving, lovely wife to abandon her caring and careerist husband. It may help in saving a marital relationship.

1. Secrecy and Suspense

If either of the spouses is fond of keeping secrets to ...more

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Sep 28, 2010 t.s. cronenberg rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2011

Teetering between 4 and 5. Wasn't so into it in the beginning but the ending really got me! ...more

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Nov 16, 2015 Jeff Koeppen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, general-fiction, 2016-read, classics, translated, plays

A very nicely done audio version by L.A. Theatre Works, with a full cast led by Calista Flockhart as Nora. I was able to punch out the whole thing while driving today. I remember reading this in high school and enjoying it, and it hits home even more thirty-two years later now that I am a married (and a banker, ha ha.). I loved the added bonus of getting riled up at the end where Torvald equates morality with religion. An excellent treatment of a classic!

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