# A Doll's House

**Author:** Henrik Ibsen
**Grade range:** Grades 11–12
**Age range:** 14–18
**First published:** 1879
**Page count:** 96
**Genre:** Drama
**ISBN-13:** `9780486270623`
**ISBN-10:** `0486270629`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/a-dolls-house
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Henrik Ibsen's landmark play follows Nora Helmer, who has secretly borrowed money to save her husband's health and, as the deception unravels, confronts how little autonomy her marriage and society allow her. Its famous final act — Nora walking out — made it a foundational text of modern realist drama and women's independence. It is commonly assigned in grades 11-12 and world-literature courses.

## Themes

- gender
- marriage and class
- individuality
- women's roles
- identity

## Content notes

- sexism

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