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Ghosts

A Family-Drama in Three Acts

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Fearing rejection by her community, Helene Alving stayed with her philandering husband up until his death. She finds out that her son Osvald not only has congenital syphilis, but is in love with the maid without knowing she is his half-sister. Eventually Mrs. Alving must face the cruel choice of euthanizing her own son as he descends into a syphilitic madness. As with Ibsen's A Doll's House, Ghosts was an intentionally controversial work, through rather than being seen as a bold look at a forbidden topic, it was seen by many as merely shocking and indecent, with one critic describing it as "a dirty deed done in public." At the time, the mere mention of venereal disease was scandalous, but to inflict it upon a character who abides by the moral code of society was inconceivable.


Publisher: Duke Classics

Kindle Book

  • Release date: February 20, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781620110430
  • Release date: February 20, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781620110430
  • File size: 170 KB
  • Release date: February 20, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781620110430
  • File size: 168 KB
  • Release date: February 20, 2012

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Drama Fiction

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English

Fearing rejection by her community, Helene Alving stayed with her philandering husband up until his death. She finds out that her son Osvald not only has congenital syphilis, but is in love with the maid without knowing she is his half-sister. Eventually Mrs. Alving must face the cruel choice of euthanizing her own son as he descends into a syphilitic madness. As with Ibsen's A Doll's House, Ghosts was an intentionally controversial work, through rather than being seen as a bold look at a forbidden topic, it was seen by many as merely shocking and indecent, with one critic describing it as "a dirty deed done in public." At the time, the mere mention of venereal disease was scandalous, but to inflict it upon a character who abides by the moral code of society was inconceivable.


  • Publisher:
    Duke Classics

    Kindle Book
    Release date: February 20, 2012

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781620110430
    Release date: February 20, 2012

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781620110430
    File size: 170 KB
    Release date: February 20, 2012

    Open EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781620110430
    File size: 168 KB
    Release date: February 20, 2012

  • Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    Open EPUB ebook
  • English

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