Three plays written while Bjørnson was revising old beliefs during and after a long stay in southern Europe. The Editor exposes a ruthless newspaperman, The Bankrupt follows the merchant Tjaelde as his lavish front collapses and his family stands by him, and The King questions the monarchy itself.
Essential social drama from Ibsen’s great Norwegian contemporary and Nobel laureate, in R. Farquharson Sharp’s translation. Download the free EPUB.