Excerpt from The Pocket Ibsen: A Collection of Some of the Master's Best-Known Dramas; Condensed, Revised, and Slightly Re-Arranged for the Benefit of the Earnest Student Pill-doctor herbal is, as tbc observant reader will instantly perceive, ratber a reverent attempt to tread in tbe footprints of tbc j'cjorwegian dramatist, tban a version of any actually existing masterpiece. Tbc autbor is conscious tbat bis imitation is painfully lacbing in tbc mysterious obscurity of tbe original, tbat tbc vein of alle gorical symbolism is tbinner tbrougbout tban it sbould be, and tbat tbe cbaracters are not nearly so mad as persons invariably are in real life - but tbese are tbe faults inevit able to a 'prentice band, and be trusts tbat due allowances may be made for tbem by tbe critical. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.