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A masterpiece of modern theater, Hedda Gabler is a dark psychological drama whose powerful and reckless heroine has tested the mettle of leading actresses of every generation since its first production in Norway in 1890. Ibsen's Hedda is an aristocratic and spiritually hollow woman, nearly devoid of redeeming virtues. George Bernard Shaw described her as having "no conscience, no conviction … she remains mean, envious, insolent, cruel, in protest against others' happiness." Her feeling of anger and jealousy toward a former schoolmate and her ruthless manipulation of her husband and an earlier…
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311 editions · 8 languages- Paperback · English · 2019Independently published · 134 pages · 9781700606167
- Paperback · English · 2019Digireads.com Publishing · 82 pages · 9781420960976
- Paperback · English · 2019Lector House · 146 pages · 9789353361754
- Paperback · English · 2018Samuel French Ltd · 96 pages · 9780573115370
- Paperback · English · 2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 162 pages · 9781985250765
- Paperback · English · 2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 172 pages · 9781984155030
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