A bored, manipulative woman destroys those around her and herself rather than face a life she despises. Ibsen's icy study of a trapped, dangerous mind.
Books that mention Hedda Gabler (2)
How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom: “Henrik Ibsen's tragicomedy, Hedda Gabler; Oscar Wilde's comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest.”
The Awkward Age by Henry James: “The terms here used, obviously, are matters of appreciation, and there is no short cut to proof (luckily for us all round) either that "Monsieur Alphonse" develops itself on the highest plane of irony or that "Ghosts" simplifies almost to excruciation. If "John Gabriel Borkmann" is but a pennyworth of effect as to a character we can…”