When was a doll's house published

Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) made a true name for himself in the mid-nineteenth century when he tackled the traditional marriage model and the role of the woman in the home with the play A Doll’s House, first performed in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 1879.

Ibsen’s character Nora shocked contemporary audiences by leaving her husband and children in an effort to find herself—an endeavor largely unheard of for the time period. Nineteenth century women were supposed to stay home and contentedly care for their husbands and children.

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Ibsen’s direct critique of this social norm put him at the center of controversy on gender and the role of women during a time when many feminist women’s organizations were being created in Northern and Western Europe.

Henrik Ibsen was born into a well-off merchant family in Skien, Norway in 1828.

Following his marriage to Suzannah Thoresen, he moved his family to Italy in 1858 after struggling to find financial success. Over the follow