{"product_id":"a-dolls-house-by-henrik-ibsen-9781472526410","title":"A Doll's House","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI think I'm a human being before anything else. I don't care what other people say. I don't care what people write in books. I need to think for myself.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHenrik Ibsen's \u003ci\u003eA Doll's House\u003c\/i\u003e premiered in 1879 in Copenhagen, the second in a series of realist plays by Ibsen, and immediately provoked controversy with its apparently feminist message and exposure of the hypocrisy of Victorian middle-class marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Ibsen's play, Nora Helmer has secretly (and deceptively) borrowed a large sum of money to pay for her husband, Torvald, to recover from illness on a sabbatical in Italy. Torvald's perception of Nora is of a silly, naïve spendthrift, so it is only when the truth begins to emerge, and Torvald appreciates the initiative behind his wife, that unmendable cracks appear in their marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis compelling new version of Ibsen's masterpiece by playwright Simon Stephens premiered at the Young Vic Theatre, London, on 29 June 2012. It was updated with minor changes in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595439620332,"sku":"9781472526410","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781472526410-a-doll-s-house.jpg?v=1777898035","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/a-dolls-house-by-henrik-ibsen-9781472526410","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}