# Ghosts

By Henrik Ibsen.

"Ghosts" by Henrik Ibsen is a play written in 1881. This controversial drama follows widow Helen Alving as she prepares to dedicate an orphanage in memory of her unfaithful late husband. When her son Oswald returns home, long-buried family secrets begin to surface, threatening to destroy the carefully maintained façade of respectability. The play explores the devastating consequences of following society's moral code, confronting taboo subjects that scandalized 19th-century audiences and challenged conventional notions of duty, truth, and maternal sacrifice. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Translator: William Archer
- Subjects: Families -- Drama; Europe -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama; Tragedies (Drama); Mothers and sons -- Drama; Norwegian drama -- Translations into English; Domestic drama

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Ghosts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/4816) by Henrik Ibsen (2 h 10 min, English)
- [Ghosts (version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/6278) by Henrik Ibsen (2 h 34 min, English)

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