A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen (FULL Audiobook)

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A Doll's House audiobook
by Henrik Ibsen
A Doll's House, written two years after The Pillars of Society, was the first of Ibsen's plays to create a sensation and is now perhaps his most famous play, and required reading in many secondary schools and universities. The play was highly controversial when first published, as it is sharply critical of 19th Century marriage norms. It follows the formula of well-made play up until the final act, when it breaks convention by ending with a discussion, not an unravelling. It is often called the first true feminist play, although Ibsen denied this. From Wikipedia

[@lolunknown9830]

Nora at the beginning: “I love my husband!” Nora at the end: “You disgust me, human.”

[@Angel-ni2yn]

Understandably so.

[@jturtle5318]

Just like me.

[@mickey1627]

Nora and her husband have the weirdest baby talk with eachother💀 “little squirrel”

[@fatimah230]

Fr 😭😭😭

[@user-pb4ss5rq3r]

Act 1 start: 1:14 Act 2 start: 59:25 Act 3 start: 1:44:16

[@jamesrauch6685]

Kristi Rho thank you for this

[@pwningjosh]

not all heroes wear capes

[@tuckerlacey9909]

may god bless you for the rest of your natural born life

[@LethoHali]

노지윤 thank you so much!

[@scrappy4429]

Thanks my G

[@yousifalsabah4582]

Anyone forced to listen/read this during quarantine or is it just me?

[@yousifalsabah4582]

#2020sucks

[@sapper72783]

I'm going to need a spontaneous shootout in this story to make it through

[@hiddenrain2992]

yup, thank the audio book

[@elphieb3538]

School project for my design class.

[@ethand3425]

Dr rank is the best character in this play

[@abbywells9985]

Yes

[@positiveproton6406]

I love Dr Rank's voice in this, its so calm and friendly.

[@boxing6339]

nora the type to sell coke for her family true g

[@jessicagray8885]

ctfu

[@rickmaurer8726]

Oh Nora, you are so THOUGHTless. If only knew the truth, Torvald old buddy.....😂🤣

[@saadmoukachar9321]

real shit my guy

[@leticialopez8638]

Lmao I’m dead. How do I reword this for my English paper.

[@peachycranberry]

@@leticialopez8638 💀😂😭 same

[@rem2371]

Thank you for this rendition. The voice of Nora gave me a glimpse of the actual character.

[@zackgomez6910]

I am supposed to write an essay on this play tonight.

[@dazzlingcabbage]

Me too

[@kinziduncan5819]

+Zack Gomez same

[@AshleyShauli]

Zack Gomez did you do the essay ? Do you still have it ?

[@kenneth31251]

rip! Same!

[@adityadharni5027]

Same

[@KalelMares]

Is so much better to hear it than to read it. Save time saver.

[@FireyCurls22]

@@StophD lmao

[@geegeorge1572]

Kalel Mares so true....wish I knew this was here before I paid 10$ for the book...lol

[@nickmclaren8488]

Tip for y'all that have to listen to this for class. Increase the playback speed to 1.25 or 1.5 and it will go faster

[@abbywells9985]

I have it on 1.75

[@ci310]

Damn didn't even thought of that after I finished listening 😂

[@mmickeey2686]

@@abbywells9985 try 2 ✋✨😩

[@traumaticaxo]

Godspeed

[@laurengivot8218]

ngl, if nora doesn't take rank i will

[@geegeorge1572]

Lauren Givot you have to take him from me first...😂😂

[@ivyyb331]

His VOICE do

[@brentbowen2959]

Rank’s the real G in this story

[@abbywells9985]

I KNOW

[@abbywells9985]

@@ivyyb331 !!!!!!!!

[@catalysst4247]

I love Doctor Ranks voice and accent I just wished he had a better microphone.

[@alexzialytle4511]

CatAlysst same

[@idilmedia]

Why does helmer actually act like a discord admin oh my GOD

[@glitoris69]

LMAO

[@lopsided6393]

for those writing an essay 4:10 makes an excellent quote!

[@theinfernosystem1323]

o7

[@FactualCORRECTINDIVIDUAL]

thank you

[@claire_317]

💀

[@ipshitajee]

😂lol

[@murtali2368]

heheh poo hehe

[@alicex1186]

I looked away from my book for a second while the audio kept playing and i was shook because i thought Torvald had said "No fights b*tches please" at 2:09:27 💀

[@hidyho6072]

ahahahaha

[@Angel-ni2yn]

LMAOOOO

[@alwayzjello]

What is he really saying?

[@alwayzjello]

In context it's easier to understand. He said, "no fine speeches please."

[@ipshitajee]

Man this cracked me up 😂

[@Jennifoofoo]

Dr. Rank's voice gets me every time 😂

[@inouchiha220]

Jennifoofoo same

[@tarcisiusmacharia3085]

Me too😂😂😂🚮

[@Inivican]

That was two painful hours

[@giovannimoriyadi2138]

Inivican lol, i just put this on double speed and played it in the background of whatever I've been doing.

[@iheartsoulmusic]

Man, the plot is as boring as watching paint dry.

[@jeanbermudez1767]

tell me about it

[@pouglas2714]

ini the man it’s better than sitting down and having to read it yourself.

[@sapper72783]

This is a damn soap opera from before television's. So damn dry

[@FiveSevenAkimbo]

I have a quiz about this due in 3 hours. Someone pray for me pls lol

[@Blankcpu]

Chefkoch Marius im supposed to have finished this book today luckily i wasnt at school today

[@firezahin1]

I got a quiz in 30 mins

[@FireyCurls22]

I know this was 4 months ago but I would have told you to set the video to a quicker speed. I'm blowing right through this play

[@juliamorales8985]

How’d you do?

[@firezahin1]

@@juliamorales8985 it was good

[@whitelatino95]

I will replay this video as often as needed instead of reading the damn thing.

[@divalivingston1664]

A distinct thread of deceit runs through the character of Nora. At first glance it seems sincere in saving the health of her husband but she lies without abandonment while her husband calls her a song bird or squirrel. There must be a wide age difference to them and it keeps her so childlike. Wonderful bit of storytelling and it’s great to have it well read and in keeping with the customs and dialogue of that era.

[@clip3564]

I wonder if this is a LibriVox recording

[@rahmagolicha1566]

J

[@hunterheisler8425]

It is how did you know

[@ivyyb331]

I can’t quite tell, I think it might be

[@adamr8689]

@@ivyyb331 but can we really be sure about that?

[@baconbitz7937]

Adam R i don’t think so

[@ashleygood-lang9720]

Listening to this during the apocalypse

[@edgarallenpoe8200]

This play was excellent! I really enjoyed it. I like how this audiobook had the different voices for all the different characters. I had a great time listening to this play.

[@lizziebinx1351]

Thank you so much for this. I had to read it for school but had no time to sit down and read it. I was able to listen to it while painting

[@RandomPerson-vx5xy]

Stopped listening and started reading comments 20 min in

[@bushdid911jetfuelcantmelts4]

Nora: *Borrows money without her husband's knowledge, commits fraud, and almost completely destroys their livelihood* Torvald: *Gets mad* Nora: You don't love me I'm leaving you.

[@saladsoup3815]

Now that I've listened to the whole play, I stand with Nora. Torvald treated her like a play thing. He isn't mad about the fraud b/c it was wrong, he's worried about his reputation. Once the fraud is absolved, he's all "I love you". Nora grew a whole lot in those three days.

[@wendywafula]

Lol

[@kayexdc]

@@saladsoup3815 trueeeee!!

[@brentbowen2959]

@@saladsoup3815 😂😂 so Torvald’s professional reputation being tarnished isn’t something to be mad about?

[@alyssac4589]

To be fair if she only had her own autonomy and didn't need the permission of some male to borrow money none of this would have been an issue

[@ninetail811]

This audiobook but everytime it gets to Christine it is earrape and +5db bass boost per line.

[@TheGreenPig321]

i remember when that was considered funny thank you ;)

[@timekeeper3767]

dr rank's voice is so soothing, he even has white noise whenever he talks due to their superb mic quality to soothe listeners further!!

[@sockholderz]

facts, i want him to read me a bedtime story

[@loganelliott7093]

shout out to ap literature for making me listen to this bs

[@marcuslasey218]

tell me about it

[@thetheatreguy9853]

This is a great work of literature thank you very much

[@chloeannuels8623]

Please tell me it isn’t that bad

[@LethoHali]

So Helmer is Tovolt? Took me until the last 20min to conclude that 😁

[@kalipedley5845]

Dr.Ranks voice is quite nice😳

[@lolunknown9830]

Why is everyone in this play so hypocritical? The husband gave her sweet words the whole time, then the moment he reads the letter he tells her to act according to a script. Her friend promised Nora to help her, yet immediately says no to “help” her knowing that it might destroy their family.

[@idilmedia]

i see what you mean but the sweet words were actually mean to be demeaning and condescending, bc he assumes shes unintelligent and child-like !

[@averyjames9369]

Are english teachers alright? like they really be finding this to be IMMACULATE but im over here falling asleep

[@whatcanidooo]

Yeah fr idk why they're so obsessed with old ass books with mediocre story lines. It would be so nice to read something written in the 21st century every once in a while so that we could talk about the actual current state of these issues instead of some old dudes take on those issues from like 150 years ago

[@will-jh7yi]

@@whatcanidooo There are actually some really interesting older books, teachers just seem to like picking the most boring ones they can find

[@whatcanidooo]

@@will-jh7yi Yeah I get that, I just think that we should read current books when we are using them to talk about current issues. Like I think that something like shakespeare is well worth reading because his work is so incredibly influential (and it's just fun). I even think it's worth it to read the odyssey for this reason, even though I personally found it unengaging. But my teacher used this play to talk about women's role in society *today*, or they'll use To Kill a Mockingbird as the book we use to talk about racism (obviously that one's not by a man but it's got the same issue just with race). I feel like there's so much good modern literature but we just keep reading these crusty books that are less engaging AND less relevant then what we could be reading. Sorry for the rant lol just wanted to make sure I was explaining myself properly

[@tot.taxi.]

@@whatcanidooo You spittin facts tho

[@raissaguiar8552]

I only saw this because I need to do an essay draft and I have like 1h left, I didn't even start

[@rosiebrunton]

act 1 part 2 : 11:29 act 1 part 3 start: 32:20 act 1 part 4: 39:57 act 1 part 5: 52:54

[@rosiebrunton]

act 2: 59:25

[@Zoe-js6xp]

For those searching to re-litsen to dr. rank's voice: Timestamp: 1:17:01 Timestamp HAWT: 1:22:12 (I deff didn't spend way longer than i should have searching for this)

[@95ttalgi87]

THANK U FOR UR SERVICEFFRFWHEV

[@Marliemac]

I like how I came here for my English class and now I find myself and others thinking Dr. Rank's voice is so attractive XD

[@alexanderisaac6520]

It’s 2018 and waiting until the last minute to “read” this is the equivalent of forging a bond

[@Lauren-og1bg]

2021 now 😐🦶

[@danielliberato4064]

@@Lauren-og1bg 2022 =/

[@signbear999]

@@danielliberato4064 2023

[@starstriker8268]

@@signbear9992024

[@animecat3556]

@@signbear999 In a couple more months it shall be 2024

[@alysawheeler8362]

Thanks for the audio it helped me get through the reading

[@alexandrialexis1202]

I'm only 10 minutes in and I'm already bored

[@dynomar11]

Thennnn go away

[@sheikhwanimumins4960]

@@dynomar11 don't be rude it's really boring

[@njerimarynoez3918]

Y

[@pouglas2714]

Hi I'm Canada well it’s an audiobook, just do something while you listen.

[@cydneesimone4827]

Is it possible she left her children because she didn't want to poison their minds like torvalt said

[@idonthaveone2557]

yes, I just read a criticism on it and it said exactly that! you're very smart and good catch :)

[@allysiren]

yes, because she felt she was not a good enough mother

[@katdmr5655]

9:16 Ignore this comment. I just wanted to remember where I was left.

[@hafidhaabdi2267]

Wonderful

[@arkbezo9381]

LMAO

[@MrMatteoPlays]

I have to write a character analysis on one of the characters. Pray for me.

[@BlueMoonLightDreams]

+Matthew Donnell good LUCK hahahahahaha its so funny because i also have to write about this shit! funny thing is i have NO CLUE, i rather write about Sophocles' Oedipus Rex rather than this

[@LethoHali]

How did it go?

[@laticiaanderson4168]

A great story all the characters are great!

[@ritasdovee]

Ugh me too

[@kaythevirgo7077]

Does anyone else hate Christine's voice?! I'm so annoyed

[@andreabaeza3613]

yoonkay. JAJAJJAJAJA YESSSS

[@harethamohamud8357]

Now

[@pouglas2714]

KayTheVirgo the widow? I thought it fit in, a woman without purpose wrought with depression would probably sound like that.

[@bsmith7]

She sounds like such a bitch, she has a such a condescending tone

[@beagreen320]

Yes me too oh my god 😩

[@yasmeen7200]

i feel like i’m a ghost just watching these people talk to each other about their lives for 2 hours holy fuck this is boring

[@Angel-ni2yn]

Reading it is honestly better

[@MamadNobari]

@@Angel-ni2yn Too shitty of an attention span for that bro.

[@Angel-ni2yn]

@@MamadNobari there's acted out plays tho too, I like this version better than the others tho: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHunn3uHiZd1es0

[@oscarorozcoorejel]

Nora went for trovods life!!!! I was screaming !!!!!

[@DownhillPlague]

Thank you so much for posting this. Ok play/ story and helped me a lot for my English class.

[@itsyaboijeff9558]

Put it on playback speed 1.25, it is faster and you can still understand what they are saying. =)

[@RandomPerson-vx5xy]

Thank you

[@RandomPerson-vx5xy]

You just saved me like 30 min of this

[@lifelovepursuit17]

this was entirely amazing! my first super long read of the script is well worth it! This is really awe-inspiring. the 3rd act really brought to light why the title has been chosen!

[@katheldridge8080]

The only person I really hate in this story is the husband. What an awful marriage. She’s always having to tiptoe and please him all the time. Such a fake life.

[@cease6393]

LMAO Nope. Screw Torvald. He’s so condescending and rude! He was so ready to keep her from raising their children so they aren’t ruined by a criminal, and once their reputations are saved, he takes it all back? She should have let him die LMAO i hate him

[@tarcisiusmacharia3085]

Anyone 2019?

[@yousifalsabah4582]

2020 LOL

[@Lauren-og1bg]

2021 lol

[@savinaportillo4485]

All of y’all ate! Loved all the voice actors❤ They all did such wonderful jobs! Anyone who finds this boring clearly didn’t get the story or perhaps just didn’t like it because they were forced to use it to complete their work for a grade. Nonetheless I loved every single voice actor❗️❗️

[@Deakonavory2002]

A friend of mine took me to see the play A Doll's House: Part 2. I loved it. It was amazing! I had quite the emotional connection to 3 of the 4 characters. This was a nice reading of the first one so I was able to know what happened before hand!

[@sammypotatosalad8656]

6:47 1:32 refernces for my school work, carry on

[@ashleygood-lang9720]

We get it Torvald you forgive her

[@bacsi109andshellyaredabest]

Looks like everyone else came here for an essay. Same with me!

[@emilytibbetts888]

i’m sorry but if a man called me ‘skylark’ i would be running for the door as well

[@girl4mc10]

NO IT CANNOT BE OVER WHAT IS THIS

[@pinkopotic]

3 books down, 2 more to go!

[@TheDAT573]

The character playing Christine sounds leaden,unconvincing.

[@Tizontheska]

TheDAT573 Maybe she read the whole boring ass book

[@tobiasziesmann1720]

It's because of her situation. She feels empty in life because everything was taken from her and she was in the dumps. that is why she was read that way

[@khamisi__6378]

Nora is such a coward to leave her kids and husband. But this is true that torvald should have thought about nora's well being before his own when he found out she forged her father's signature. But no, torvald was only worried about his reputation and how he would be ridiculed. But nora has no right to give him a speech when all she told were lies. Thought they were for good cause, she should have trusted her husband to understand and accept what she did. Her lack in doing this also makes her a coward

[@tuckerlacey9909]

demetri rhodes thanks for spoiling it (no really its save alot time)

[@isiibarra3011]

Lack of communication portrays a huge aspect in what kills a relationship

[@_melissa_dlas_]

demetri rhodes she left her kids, because he’s doing as what torvald had said in the beginning. “A mother like that would poison the children’s minds”

[@Petrock508]

The introductions are brilliant.

[@gxd-df5qg]

I'm here because I'm to lazy to read the book

[@axuwu6939]

Got an essay due for this tomorrow, so I am endlessly thankful for 2x speed

[@Fred72355]

Got the whole play assigned over break did the entire thing the day before we come back

[@Alicewonderland283]

Same 😂

[@Alicewonderland283]

Yeo

[@hidyho6072]

Anyone else hate Torvald? He mistreats her, and only forgives her once he knows his reputation has been saved. What a wazzbag

[@elidavenport6530]

Nora literally committed fraud, lied to her husband, and your saying Torvald mistreated nora??? Damn you stupid. Smh

[@kayd3197]

Very helpful! Thanks for uploading this

[@the_anti_bible]

Why does Doctor Rank sound like the kid from the You're a Wizard Harry video?? O.O

[@StoneBrothersProduction2Extra]

Act 2 is on 59:25

[@StoneBrothersProduction2Extra]

Act 3 is on 1:44:16

[@FanGirl-me5jk]

I have a drama exam tomorrow and I’m performing a piece from this part and will be questioned on what a dolls house was about

[@grimshock6983]

Nora: This is the way. Mando: This is the way

[@LethoHali]

Many thanks for the upload! I survive on your audio books recordings! I couldn’t imagine myself sitting down and reading😁. I’m quite a slow reader too and very time poor🤨

[@210Agustin]

I wonder if Torvald put her on child support?

[@xtremesports229]

he must've lmao

[@peachycranberry]

😳🤧 dang.

[@zelrius8714]

I just finished this book for my AP book report and essay. I can say, I thought it was really boring at first, but near the end or most of Act 3 really made it worthwhile. Both Nora and Torvald were in the wrong in my opinion. She went such lengths to commit fraud and then kept lying. Then Torvald treats her weirdly and cared about his reputation. Although, I’m kinda on Torvald’s side more because Nora actions really annoyed me. I really don’t like her character but I can understand some bits like her not wanting to be treated as a doll or being unhappy with her relationship. Either way, she kinda put herself in that situation. It was a sad ending, I felt somewhat bad for Torvald because he seemed like he would really change for her. Oh, and Dr. Rank was a cool character, I thought he liked Christine at first but nope it was Nora lmao. I also don’t know how to feel about Christine

[@britaniaolea2287]

I need your help writing my essay!!

[@jennifervonpickartz2428]

Thank you. Love&Light.

[@angelafallsup7529]

Thanks! Your recordings are helping!!

[@ci310]

I can't stop reading the comments with Nora's and Torvald's voice 💀 HELP

[@jasonlitherland4270]

Boy this thing is more hacked together than a suit made by Ed Gein

[@caj0]

jason it's been 3 years but honestly this is one of the best youtube comments I've seen and you deserve more praise for it. thank you

[@saladsoup3815]

@@caj0 I'm screaming! An Ed Gein reference 😂😂😂

[@kyleclauson6680]

I know it's been 3 years but...........oh my god.................

[@EthanSalter3]

Probably the most underrated comment of all time. Thank you from 4 years in the future

[@rylansbeats456]

this is gonna be a struggle

[@mkukulelecoverversions5576]

What a superb production. Top notch. Was it all done over the phone? Nobody has sounded more authentically posh Norwegian since Dick Van Dyke in Diagnosis: Murder.

[@theellew0rd]

torvalds voice drives me crazyyy!!

[@MICHAEL24AZ]

right?

[@RonCecchetti]

She’s like 30 he’s like 60. That’s what the voices make me picture :/

[@holly9492]

Thanks for posting this fam

[@BrentYoshida]

What an incredible message to end the play

[@dare5297]

I’m only an hour in😭😭😭

[@DarrenMansour]

When you stop caring about your family and only care about yourself that's called being selfish.

[@emmakeenan8788]

have you managed to miss the whole point?

[@tammysims5164]

Thanks guys for the heads up. Moving on.

[@jincythomas03]

What a wonderful play! Most women understand this just like that but a certain intelligence for many men and some women to digest this. Women treated and thought as helpless beautiful creatures not good enough to know the world and self is still very much a norm.

[@jacquelinallen1532]

this is awesome to have. I am a listener when it comes to learning and it helped me out! thanks

[@sanguiniusse434]

I feel Dr. Rank.

[@RonCecchetti]

William McAllister friend zoned. :(

[@xtremesports229]

mood

[@Zenithanderson]

I honestly kinda liked this

[@elizaperez5770]

same 😭 a guilty pleasure 😭

[@sancias774]

Thank goodness for this because i was not about to read 61 pages of this, this professor is crazy.

[@kanyeface]

If you have to write an essay on this may I suggest cliff notes

[@ShaamaliT]

Online grade 12 College English summer school.

[@gameanalysis3028]

I got like twenty minutes to finish this play and I’m not even in Act 3💀💀

[@MB-te9xw]

The play was alright, but then that ended had me floored. I had to listen to this for an assignment but holy crap was that good.

[@quack25]

I have to write an essay about this play and what the difference between how men treated woman is from this time to now

[@Amnistar]

i have a essay in his in my womens history classs thanks prof for making the due date the day after easter monday due april 23 2019

[@fakeskyler2305]

Well, turns out we had to read this by tomorrow . . . time to cheese it

[@lindsayblu4998]

“cheese it” 💀

[@timekeeper3767]

ezzz cheese

[@DistantAll]

Very helpful!

[@anaiyahenglish2518]

why do they read so slow, I had to listen to this in 2 times speed