Title | : | Peer Gynt (Unabridged) |
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Author | : | Henrik Ibsen |
Release | : | 2024-10-05 |
Kind | : | audiobook |
Genre | : | Fiction |
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1 | Peer Gynt (Unabridged) | Henrik Ibsen |
Peer Gynt (1867), the five-act romantic play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, is one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays. Based on a Norwegian folk hero, the title character is a rogue who will be destroyed unless the love of a woman saves him At a wedding he meets Solveig, who falls in love with him, but Peer ruins the wedding by abducting, then abandoning the bride. Then Peer goes global, misbehaving in a trail of adventures around the world. When he finally returns to Norway, old and embittered, Solveig welcomes him home, and he is redeemed by her love. |