A dolls house and other plays, paperback/henrik ibsen

The League of Youth (1869) was Ibsens first venture into realistic social drama and marks a turning-point in his style.

By 1879, Ibsen was convinced that women suffer an inevitable violation of their personalities within the context of marriage.

In A Dolls House, he portrayed the wife struggling to break free: this was unheard of at the time and Ibsens play caused a sensation.

Continuing the theme of tensions within the family in The Lady from the Sea, Ibsen put forward the view that freedom with responsibility might at least be a step in the right direction.