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Little Eyolf

By Henrik Ibsen

2019-11-04 05:40:37

Little Eyolf tells the story of the Allmers family. At the outset of the play, the father, Alfred, has just returned from a trip to the mountains. While there, he resolved to focus foremost on raising his son Eyolf, rather than continue work on his b ... Read more
Little Eyolf tells the story of the Allmers family. At the outset of the play, the father, Alfred, has just returned from a trip to the mountains. While there, he resolved to focus foremost on raising his son Eyolf, rather than continue work on his book, Human Responsibility. Eyolf, though described as having "beautiful, intelligent eyes," is paralyzed in one of his legs, and thus his life is a sheltered one. He craves more than anything else to live the life of a normal boy, but his father knows that this is not possible. As such, Alfred wants to turn Eyolf towards loftier, intellectual pursuits. Less

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File size58.344 KB
Print pages80
PublisherPublic Domain Book
Publication date2010-07-29
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1780007922
Born: 20 March 1828, Skien Municipality, Norway Died: 23 May 1906, Oslo, Norway Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. As one of the founders of modernism in th...

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