{"product_id":"peer-gynt-arthur-rackham-9781542856416","title":"Peer Gynt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeer Gynt\u003c\/i\u003e is Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's most celebrated work, based loosely on the Scandinavian fairy tale character, Per Gynt. First published in 1867, \u003ci\u003ePeer Gynt\u003c\/i\u003e tells of the adventures of the seemingly amoral character of that name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe five-act play starts with Peer running off with the bride at another man's wedding, and continues in a similar vein, including (but not limited to) outrageous adventures such as his drunken interactions with three amorous dairymaids who are waiting to be courted by trolls; his meeting the king of the mountain trolls; his departure to North Africa (where he earns money from the slave trade and sending idols to China); his adoption by a Bedouin tribe as prophet; his move to Egypt and his conversations with the Sphinx; and finally, his return home where he is confronted with an accounting of his life, and all the things that he has done wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a dramatic final scene, he is confronted with the Button-moulder, who maintains that Peer's soul must be melted down with other faulty goods unless he can explain when and where in life he has been \"himself.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIbsen's play has been performed, debated, studied, and \"interpreted\" at the highest academic institutions across the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn essence it tells of man's striving to be better-and is an extreme example of man's fall. Gynt is mysteriously attractive to women, a narcissist, a self-idolator, a liar, and a self-deceiver. But finally, he is called to account, and finds a way to justify his actions and to become a better person.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoes he succeed? This remains the burning question . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIbsen asked the composer Edvard Grieg to compose music for the play-which was done, the most famous of which became the suite popularly known as In the Hall of the Mountain King.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arthur Rackham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1542856418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781542856416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Arthur Rackham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124749136127,"sku":"9781542856416","price":14.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_186ca4ad-8519-42ac-9946-3b45718325bb.jpg?v=1687438612","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/peer-gynt-arthur-rackham-9781542856416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}