Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2006-07-08 Public domain in the USA. 78 Ibsen, Henrik 1828 1906 Ibsen, Enrico Ibsen, Henryk Archer, William 1856 1924 John Gabriel Borkman Reading ease score: 86.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Douglas Levy "John Gabriel Borkman" by Henrik Ibsen is a four-act play written in the late 19th century. The story centers around John Gabriel Borkman, a former bank director whose financial scandal led to his imprisonment and subsequent fall from grace. The central themes revolve around ambition, familial relationships, and the struggle for redemption, illustrated through the interactions of Borkman with his wife Gunhild, his son Erhart, and his sister-in-law Ella. At the start of the play, the audience is introduced to the characters and the lingering tension surrounding Borkman’s past. The scene unfolds in the drawing room of the Borkman household, where Gunhild, his cold and composed wife, reveals her disdain for her husband as they both reflect on the shame brought upon their family name due to Borkman's previous actions. Ella Rentheim, Gunhild's twin sister, arrives after an extended absence, further igniting old conflicts and demonstrating the complex dynamics between the family members. Borkman’s ghostly presence looms as he is depicted as a tragic figure, consumed by his past failures and the delusions of his imminent return to power. The dialogue establishes an atmosphere of tension and anticipation, setting the stage for the unfolding drama and the characters’ intertwined fates. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Norwegian drama PT Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 226038 225973 2024-10-08T09:53:33.407456 2023-09-08T11:07:53.681919 text/html text/html 226031 225966 2024-10-08T09:53:33.687420 2023-09-08T11:07:53.860926 text/html text/html 135127 2024-10-08T09:53:40.478909 application/epub+zip 137990 2024-10-08T09:53:35.642927 application/epub+zip 137991 2024-10-08T09:53:34.409953 application/epub+zip 281998 2024-10-08T09:53:43.523871 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261000 2024-10-08T09:53:39.674893 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235052 2022-09-09T05:54:00.936207 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 176742 176728 2024-10-08T09:53:32.877450 2023-09-08T11:07:53.272890 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 176554 2013-03-04T08:38:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 60679 2013-03-04T08:39:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19725 2024-10-08T09:53:43.657877 application/rdf+xml 13274 2024-10-08T09:53:34.955912 image/jpeg 3554 2024-10-08T09:53:34.677922 image/jpeg 133403 2024-10-08T09:53:33.704431 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia no.wikipedia en.wikipedia