#20 in Drama & theatre
A Doll's House
- 112
- Pages
- about 2 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Nora’s secret debt is only the surface of “A Doll’s House”: underneath, Ibsen’s three short acts are about a marriage lived as a performance. To spare her husband’s pride she hides what she did for him, and slowly sees how much else she has been acting. The ending seems abrupt to some readers until, on reflection, they recognise how long it was prepared; to others the whole play is dull, with nothing happening.
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About the book
A Doll's House is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. The play is set in a Norwegian town c. 1879.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 286 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 66% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Drama & theatre average of 7.6. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.7 | 12 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 7.3 | 274 | 96% |
Frequently asked
How long is A Doll's House?
It has 112 pages — shorter than 79% of the ranked books in Drama & theatre.
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