A Doll’s House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the tragic hypocrisy of Victorian middle class marriage on the stage. The play ushered in a new social era and “exploded like a bomb into contemporary life”.
The Student Edition contains these exclusive features:
- · A chronology of the playwright’s life and work
- · An introduction giving the background of the play
- · Commentary on themes, characters. language and style
- · Notes on individual words and phrases in the text
- · Questions for further study
· Bibliography for further reading.
