Ibsen's best-known play displays his genius for realistic prose drama. An expression of women's rights, the play climaxes when the central character, Nora, rejects a smothering marriage and life in "a doll's house."
"In this drama that addresses public safety concerns in the face of political and business hypocrisy and expediency, the lone voice in An Enemy of the People struggles to be heard as the masses turn on him." -- Back cover.