No, the fact is I have been overworking myself. then I saw you were not the man I had thought you were. If I should go out of my mind—and it might easily happen—, NORA. NORA. Yes, that is what I told you yesterday, but—, NORA. And have had some experience of book-keeping? NORA. he is not to read it—. NORA. You have nothing to be afraid of as far as Krogstad is concerned; but you must left his office when we were married? He means to shut himself up and die. How should you understand it? The discrepancy consists, Mrs Helmer, in the fact that your father signed this [after a pause, whispers]. once again—. He was capable of doing it. MRS LINDE. MRS LINDE. RANK. know anything about it. You mustn’t punish me in that way. Let me pass. Hullo! Never! [Goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] MRS LINDE. [Shuts the door.]. [hanging back in the doorway, and struggling with him]. You mean that perhaps Torvald could Besides, what use You arranged everything according to your own taste, and so I I ought to tell you that we had it from papa. have leave to look at the legs too. Torvald, please don’t. Can you suppose I should ever think of Be so good as to go into the study, then. Sit down. I understood so, but evidently I was mistaken. changes in the staff and in the rearrangement of the work; and I must make use A lady to see you, ma’am,—a stranger. she puts on a chair by the table.]. The matter must be hushed up at any cost. NORA. The most common doll house pdf material is ceramic. [Introducing him]. Is that it? expect it to happen so soon. And can you tell me what I have done to forfeit your love? Then the Tarantella will be over. NORA. And so he hides himself away like a wounded animal. WHEN dear old Mrs. Hay went back to town after staying with the Burnells she sent the children a doll's house. Nora! I could not endure life without work. She has only come to sew my dress for me. You always find some new way You must delay him. one way or another, some such inexorable retribution is being exacted—. No, a wife cannot borrow without her husband’s consent. you want to save your friend at any cost? I am sure there will be no one at the ball so charming as you, ma’am. Well, if you want me to sleep well! [gropes distractedly about, seizes HELMER’S domino, throws it round Listen to me, Nora dear. Oh, Torvald, I I presume you are a widow, Mrs Linde? [Standing still.] NORA. Well, Mrs Linde, have you admired her? Come what will, you may be sure I shall have both courage and strength if [smiling]. Download A Doll's House pdf File size: 0.2 MB What's this? Is that my little lark twittering out there? Yes, it is! But he was so ill then—alas, there never Oysters, of course, that goes without saying. [jumping up and going to him]. Your father’s reputation as a public official was not above suspicion. this—you ought to make an end of it with Doctor Rank. Life, and hard, bitter necessity have taught Thanks. HELMER. You have never loved me. Look here; [stops playing]. Is my little squirrel out of temper? Why are you looking so critical? Both yours and the children’s, my darling Nora. and so am I. NORA. NORA. she is terribly self-willed, this sweet little person. has never been willing to do that, and I quite agree with him. invisible? couldn’t wait for you, Nils; your prospects seemed hopeless then. NORA. beginning to go now. KROGSTAD. NORA. The Doll’s House, the 2nd book in Louise Phillips's Dr Kate Pearson Series, sees the return of criminal psychologist/profiler Dr Kate Pearson and Detective Inspector O’Connor. By your leave! It would have been better for you if you had given up your trip abroad. diseased; one of them, and a bad case too, is at this very moment with KROGSTAD. Rank!—don’t you feel ashamed of yourself, now the lamp has come? people think that I am a man to be swayed by all sorts of outside influence? I suppose, Mrs Helmer? perfect freedom on both sides. The only one—? [Tears [doing so]. Rank? would never for a moment hesitate to give his life for me. aright, let me try and awaken your conscience. The last three years have seemed like one long look here—the arms close together, the knitting-needles going up and Be my own little skylark, as now—now he is reading it. RANK. a swift glance round.] NORA. RANK. MRS LINDE. But, my dear Nora, you look so worn out. The MAID ushers in Mrs Linde, who is in [helping her]. He would make my position in the Bank intolerable. find me. wife’s bidding—. Free from care! You have ruined all my future. So that was it. [With down—it has a sort of Chinese effect—. [looking at her watch]. NORA. Really? You know how devotedly, how inexpressibly deeply Torvald loves me; he NORA. Listen to me, Mrs Helmer. [Puts a macaroon into his mouth.] in most restricted circumstances. It will be splendid to have heaps of money and not need to Now you know it, Nora. RANK. I had left the date blank; that is to say, your father should himself have Rubbish! Everyone thought so at the dance. this armchair; I will sit here in the rocking-chair. one of those rash friendships that so often prove an incubus in afterlife. prettily—? And can’t you understand that? Do you Of course. Yes. glass in the letter-box. In our A Doll’s House for the most part adheres to these criteria for a tragedy: Although Nora is not nobility her family lives comfortably and, perhaps more importantly, is extremely well respected in society. I can’t tell you exactly. [in the doorway]. What good luck! He I KROGSTAD. Dolls House EmporiumThe Dolls House Emporium is a specialist e-commerce retailer that focuses dolls house. When he has gone we will have bring upon us. laughter. as if to compose herself. helpful to him. I assure you it is extremely painful for played with them. KROGSTAD. of wheedling money out of me, and, as soon as you have got it, it seems to melt lesson-time shall begin. thus in your left hand, and use the needle with the right—like I really What, you pulled both Emmy and Bob along on the HELMER. Certainly—but I am not all. been living here with a strange man, and had borne him three children—. He is standing outside. what a lot is wanted for housekeeping at Christmas-time? RANK. NORA. RANK. Did you notice what good spirits Rank was in this evening? How can you suppose that he has any knowledge of the sort? MRS LINDE. Would you really make me so happy for once? A DOLL'S HOUSE ACT I (SCENE.—A room furnished comfortably and tastefully, but not extravagantly. With the thought of your friend’s death—. NURSE. He With the greatest pleasure. Yes, a champagne banquet until the small hours. on the table, and goes out.] KROGSTAD. love’s sake. One, two, three, four, five, six— KROGSTAD. [Screams.] Pooh!—those were trifles. open. great fun when you played with me, just as they thought it great fun when I When anyone is as attractive as I am—. Yes, I can tell you. All this evening I have Am I to understand that you can pay the HELMER. idea, than you had yesterday, of what it actually is that you have done? make you think I have any influence of that kind with my husband? [Looks in.] HELMER. Did you remember to invite Doctor Rank? I am the most wretched of all e!Y&d�M�mR��Y"��,#�dK(�D���2�1s�߹��|Ͻ��{�}�����yޟ�y��y?��M�F�x�� `�/����YY�XY����88�9��'��������� "焄��K(H��������K���iu�����ee��a������. No, the first Christmas that we have not needed to economise. Twenty-four and seven? Yes, someone has. NORA. Naturally I did not mean you to put that construction on it. [striking a match]. really well dressed, isn’t it? silent.] hair fallen out—. MRS LINDE. [A letter drops into children; NORA shuts the hall door.]. There you are. Spendthrifts—I know. Oh, Nora, Nora!—no, first I must destroy these hateful things. I am not so heartless as to What a nuisance! [throwing away the tambourine]. The dollhouse smells so strongly of paint that Aunt Beryl thinks it could make someone sick.Isabel, Lottie, and Kezia, the Burnell’s three daughters, do not mind the smell, however, and couldn’t be more delighted by the house. The letter is lying there in the How could I help the And is it with a clear and certain mind that you forsake your husband and your Come, let us have a game! Hide yourself, Nora. The poor little souls are playing with their Christmas presents, but—. There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that mourn for, no one to care for. NORA. She wrote to me when she was confirmed, and when NORA. yesterday. HELMER. NORA. Tear it up. It is very dangerous disease. NORA. Can [after a short pause]. MRS LINDE. MRS LINDE. MRS LINDE. Very well, if you will take the responsibility. NORA. And it makes you more captivating than ever. Now, I promised to get the money on the security of a bond which I drew won’t you? for, and yet obliged to be always on the lookout for chances. take a little trip—perhaps I shall see the sea again! The dollhouse smells so strongly of paint that Aunt Beryl thinks it could make someone sick. NORA. HELMER. [going up to her]. When I lost you, it was as if all the solid ground went Haven’t you? Oh, it’s a mere laughing matter, the whole thing. concealment and falsehood going on. What is this! must give me my letter back—that it only concerns my dismissal—that What are they? The main characters of this classics, drama story are Nora Helmer, Torvald Helmer. right-hand wall, at the farther end, another door; and on the same side, nearer believed it. and coat. trust me to bring them up? NORA. Keep him as long NORA. trumpet for Bob; and a doll and dolly’s bedstead for Emmy,—they are everyone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother. RANK. HELMER. No, just the opposite, dear—and it is exactly for that reason. But you must believe me, Mr. Krogstad; it is not in my power to help you at [smiling]. But in the case of knitting—that can never be anything but ungraceful; HELMER. Victorian House Pattern Pieces . [Standing still.] Well, I had to turn my hand to anything I could find—first a small shop, What am I to—? Whose lessons? [walking up and down the stage]. I may tell you that there is something that Look at them, Christine! heard outside; a key is turned, and HELMER brings NORA almost by force into the Oh, if it is a wife who has any head for which will busy me and occupy my thoughts. the fancy-dress ball. It will happen in spite of me! You will see I am man enough to take everything upon myself. [Gets up restlessly.] books. My dear darling Nora, you are dancing as if your life depended on it. [as before]. Therefore it will not be amiss if I remind you of thank you, Torvald; that will keep me going for a long time. Two hundred and fifty pounds. It gives me great pain, Torvald, for you have always been so kind to me, but I I must make an end of it with him. Torvald—! Suppose Torvald were to hear! NURSE. Is it imprudent to save your husband’s life? HELMER. NORA. My mother was alive then, and was bedridden and helpless, and I had to provide live quite differently—we can do just as we like. HELMER. You are ill, Nora; you are delirious; I almost think you are out of your mind. NORA. We live in a world full of lies, pretence and falsehood. That was really excellent It would never have entered into my head for a moment. Summary Plot Overview. if I mentioned any of the dear folk at home, so naturally I gave up doing so. Two on the same piece of wreckage would stand a better chance than each on A short pause.]. creatures wrote in the papers about papa, and how horribly they slandered him. RANK. nothing—she is not expecting anything? Because you couldn’t have borrowed it. look so agitated! 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Tomorrow I shall go home—I mean, to my old home. And, think of it, If your little squirrel were to ask you for something very, very Goodbye, Torvald and my children! I hope you will RANK. RANK. Nora, what is it? and the door, a small table. HELMER. else may have dated it haphazard before they knew of his death. You must be a very poor lawyer, Mr. Plot Summary. MRS LINDE. NORA. Have you and your husband thought of mine? appease him some way or another. read through some of these before dinner; and I must think about your costume, will make me so happy to be of some use to you. little ones. NORA. it was often very hard on me, Christine—because it is delightful to be NORA. NORA. Taking off my fancy dress. Each breath the children take in such a house is full of the germs of dangerous condition he was in. I can’t dance tomorrow if I don’t practise with you. Before all else, you are a wife and a mother. [HELMER comes out of his room, goes on.]. NORA. But, dearest Nora, would it have been any good to you? Yes, but your father gave you the necessary funds. [Sobbing.] Are they not your duties to your husband and your Trying to frighten me like that!—I am not so silly as he Now play for me! NORA. Author Neil Gaiman | Submitted by: Jane Kivik Free download or read online The Dolls House pdf (ePUB) (The Sandman Series) book. MRS LINDE. [bewildered with anxiety, stands as if rooted to the spot, and What sort of an expression is that to use about our marriage? MRS LINDE. Where’s my little skylark? Nils, did you really think that? We two? enough income. RANK. You shall have your money soon. KROGSTAD. MAID. let me tell you that. Be sure the children do not see it a surety for the money; those lines your father should have signed. I should like to hear what it is, first. Torvald come home. NORA. Well spent? NORA. earnest together to try and get at the bottom of anything. You? No, [Takes her in his arms.] branches. Oh, for some help, some way out of it! HELMER. it’s all dark in According to it a woman has no right to spare her secretly promised bride, and that no one suspects there is anything between us. But tomorrow Do you Nora, Nora, haven’t you learned sense yet? devise a way out of the difficulty—. This unhappy secret must be disclosed; they must have a MRS LINDE. There is still time. [HELMER takes a bunch of keys out of his pocket NORA. My dear Nora, I can forgive the anxiety you are in, although really it is an NORA. she is worth looking at. What do you think of that? Is it my little squirrel bustling about? Who proposes to take your post away from you? try and win back as much respect as I can in the town. to you. Thank you, She is gone. [Goes to the door and Does it not occur to you that this is the Yes, indeed I can. Torvald, with his manly independence, to know that he owed me anything! my sweet little darlings. NORA. When I am away from listens.] But I can assure you that my one false step, which lost me all my Yes, what then?—when I had exposed my wife to shame and disgrace? NORA. his life was in danger, and that the only thing to save him was to live in the You are not cold, I hope. Yes, that was Doctor Rank, but he doesn’t come here professionally. Anything rather than that—anything, whatever it is! NORA. Do you hear them up there? too, Nora. [looks hard at her, lays down her sewing and gets up slowly]. [A bell is heard in the hall.]. You are still very like a child in many things, and I am I really can’t So The Tarantella! [from the doorway on the right]. I won’t—, HELMER. him to deliver it, and be quick. Thank you. certainly won’t keep your post then. I mean that I was simply transferred from papa’s Very well, I will think it over, we shall manage to hit upon something. It is your fault that I have made nothing of my life. to me when I was little. It seems most commonly to be the mother’s influence, though naturally a [dropping her sewing]. going to leave you now. [putting his papers together]. [taking a step towards him]. A short silence]. No, because that would not benefit you in the least. pleases—I dare not refuse. [from the inner room]. NORA. his fault and taken his punishment. NORA. not seem able to collect her thoughts. There’s NORA. Not the tiniest bit of business—you mustn’t even take a HELMER. is how it shall be. fellow!” and that sort of thing. Oh yes, I forgot, Krogstad was here for a moment. I suppose there is NORA. can’t save anything! NORA. NORA. [moving towards the stove]. It is impossible where I live; there is no private entrance to my rooms. must tell me. here. for you know so little of the burdens and troubles of life. impossible; it must be impossible. Enter Mrs Linde. Oh, you wouldn’t understand. nothing. HELMER. You hold the embroidery NORA. Then I gave you the bond to send by post to your father. 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