Four of Ibsen's most important plays in superb modern translations part of the new Penguin
Ibsen series. With her assertion that she is "first and foremost a human being " rather than a
wife mother or fragile doll Nora Helmer sent shockwaves throughout Europe when she appeared
in Henrik Ibsen's greatest and most famous play A Doll's House. Ibsen's follow-up Ghosts was
no less radical with its unrelenting investigation into religious hypocrisy family secrets
and sexual double-dealing. These two masterpieces are accompanied here by The Pillars of
Society and An Enemy of the People both exploring the tensions and dark compromises at the
heart of society.
