When We Dead Awaken
WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN By Henrik Ibsen. Introduction and translation by William Archer. INTRODUCTION. From _Pillars of Society_ to _John Gabriel Borkman_, Ibsen’s plays had followed each other at regular intervals of two years, save when his indignation over the abuse heaped upon _Ghosts_ reduced to a single year the interval between that play and _An Enemy of the People_. _John Gabriel Borkman_ having appeared in 1896, its successor was expected in 1898; but Christmas came and brought no rumour of a new play. In a man now over seventy, this breach of a long-established habit seemed ominous. The new National Theatre in Christiania was
between you and Curtis, you would become the prey of some unscrupulous
fortune hunter."
"Better that than become the wife of Curtis Waring----"
"I see, you are incorrigible," said her uncle, angrily. "Do you refuse
obedience to my wishes?"
"Command me in anything else, Uncle John, and I will obey," pleaded
Florence.
"Indeed! You only thwart me in my cherished wish, but are willing to
obey me in unimportant matters. You forget the debt you owe me."
"I forget nothing, dear uncle. I do not forget that, when I was a poor
little child, helpless and destitute, you took me in your arms, gave
me a home, and have cared for me from that time to this as only a
parent could."
"You remember that, then?"
"Yes, uncle. I hope you will not consider me wholly ungrateful."
"It only makes matters worse. You own your obligations, yet refuse to
make the only return I desire. You refuse to comfort me in the closing
days of my life by marrying your cousin."
WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN By Henrik Ibsen. Introduction and translation by William Archer. INTRODUCTION. From _Pillars of Society_ to _John Gabriel Borkman_, Ibsen’s plays had followed each other at regular intervals of two years, save when his indignation over the abuse heaped upon _Ghosts_ reduced to a single year the interval between that play and _An Enemy of the People_. _John Gabriel Borkman_ having appeared in 1896, its successor was expected in 1898; but Christmas came and brought no rumour of a new play. In a man now over seventy, this breach of a long-established habit seemed ominous. The new National Theatre in Christiania was