November Bokprat: Lady From the Sea by Henrik Ibsen (Online)

Vesterheim hosts a monthly bokprat (book group) where we discuss Scandinavian authors and Scandinavian life. Join us in November for a discussion of Lady From the Sea by Henrik Ibsen.

Written in 1888, The Lady from the Sea is Henrik Ibsen’s drama about a married couple, Ellida, and Doctor Wangel. Doctor Wangel, a widower with two daughters, begins to notice Ellida, a much younger woman, becoming increasingly anxious and strange in her demeanor. Fearing a problem with her mental health he asks his former headmaster, Arnholm, to come for a visit in hopes that he may be able to help.

Henrik Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea is a classic tale of the conflicting demands that love can place on ones heart.