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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

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Mar 30, 2017 Melanti rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: e-book, classics, 2017, play, group-reads

I really wish I liked this more - the ending is remarkable, given when it was written.

But, on the other hand... Nora is such a child and needs to learn to take a little personal responsibility for her own actions.

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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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Aug 26, 2016 Melanti marked it as abandoned · review of another edition

Shelves: e-book, classics, play, audiobook, 2016, audible-channels

Terrible, terrible audio production.

It's way over-acted.

I didn't realize that it was a live recording of an actual performance of he play - which means that you can hear the audience laughing at times and it makes it feel like a sitcom with canned laugh track.

And the shrill, fake sounding children's voices are like nails on chalkboards. So strange, because it was probably real children in the performance but they sound like adults pretending to be kids...

I'll have to buy a different edition or ...more

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Oct 01, 2022 Alisa added it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2022, audio, classics, plays

I had no idea such a clear distillation of feminism existed in 1879!

Thank you LA Theater Works for making such an amazing audio version available.

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Mar 08, 2015 Winter rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2015-read

A masterpiece!

Så mange år siden jeg først leste den slår det meg at den er så utrolig aktuell i dag også. Et tidløst skuespill med mange lag og mange temaer. Ibsen forsto mennesker og interaksjoner mellom mennesker. Mennesker er mennesker i alle tidsaldre, derfor vil nok denne være like aktuell om 50 år, 100 år..

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Aug 24, 2014 Karen Michele Burns rated it really liked it

To completely enjoy A Doll’s House, I think you have to remember its publication date of 1879. We take so many things for granted that are touched on in this play that to realize how unique it must have been to see it on stage at that time is a challenge. I listened to a full cast live version of the play and it was so well done that I was really able to visualize it on stage. Characterizations often are exaggerated in plays because we must be able to understand a lot just from the dialogue and ...more

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Jan 12, 2021 Lynn rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Although this play was written in the 19th century, I identified with Nora's struggle to be seen - truly SEEN - for the person she is rather than the person that everyone around her thinks she should be. I didn't really care for her - or for any of the other characters, for that matter - but the play held my interest (mostly because it was such a quick read) and came to as satisfying a conclusion as was possible given the preceding events. ...more

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