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Book:Name: Henrik Ibsen - Enemy of the People (retail) (epub)
Format: epub
Size: 1.47 MB
Description:Title: Enemy of the People
Author: Henrik Ibsen
Language: English
Year: 1978
Subjects: N/A
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 8385843086
Total pages: 204 str.
Download from RapidGatorEnvironmentalist, activist, and attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. contributes a foreword to this Skyhorse edition of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's renowned 1882 play.
Regarded as one of the foremost playwrights of the nineteenth century, Henrik Ibsen tells the story of the idealist Doctor Thomas Stockmann, the medical officer of a recently opened spa in a small town in southern Norway, who finds that the water is seriously contaminated. He notifies members of the community and initially receives support and thanks for the discovery. Threatened by the possible impact of such a revelation, his brother, the town mayor, conspires with local politicians and the newspaper to suppress the story and pressure Dr. Stockmann to retract his statements.
At a public meeting, an attempt is made to keep Dr. Stockmann from speaking, but he launches into a tirade condemning the corruption of the town and the tyranny of the majority. Finding his speech offensive, he is shouted down...
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