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Added by: orchiddl | Karma: 2026.11 | Fiction literature | 19 February 2010
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A Doll's House
A Doll's House is a realistic stage drama in three acts. It depicts ordinary life as it is, not as one would like it to be. It is sometimes referred to as a problem play because it centers on social problems and controversial issues. Examples of other problem plays by Ibsen are The Wild Duck, An Enemy of the People, and Ghosts. The play was published in 1879-82 and staged for the first time in Kristiania (or Christiana), Norway. , when realism was just beginning to take root.
Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.45 | Fiction literature | 19 February 2010
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Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
Alan is a middle-aged entrepreneur in contemporary Toronto who has devoted himself to fixing up a house in the bohemian neighborhood of Kensington. This naturally brings him in contact with the house full of students and layabouts next door, including a young woman, who, in a moment of stress, reveals to him that she has wings, moreover, that grow back after each attempt to cut them off. Alan understands. He himself has a secret or two. His father is a mountain, his mother is a washing machine, and among his brothers is a set of Russian nesting dolls.
Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.45 | Fiction literature | 26 January 2010
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Hide in Plain Sight
She couldn't turn her back on her family in their time of need. So when her sister was injured, financial expert Andrea Hampton traded the big city for Amish country to help turn her grandmother's house into an inn. But life with the Plain People took a treacherous turn when a string of accidents and pranks threatened her family. Someone didn't want the secrets the old house harbored to come to light. Trusting anyone—even the handsome carpenter who seemed so genuine—was a battle for Andrea, but her life depended on her ability to find the truth.
