The Collected Works of Henrik Ibsen/Volume 1/Love’s Comedy

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LOVE’S COMEDY

PERSONS OF THE COMEDY

Mrs. Halm, widow of a government official.
Svanhild,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ her daughters.
Anna,
Falk, a young author,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ her boarders.
Lind, a divinity student,
Guldstad, a wholesale merchant.
Stiver, a law-clerk.
Miss Jay, his fiancée.
Strawman, a country clergyman.
Mrs. Strawman, his wife.
Students, Guests, Married and Plighted Pairs.
The Strawmans’ Eight Little Girls.
Four Aunts, a Porter, Domestic Servants.

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Scene.—Mrs. Halm’s Villa on the Drammensvejen at Christiania.

CONTENTS
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	Translated by C. H. Herford
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		xxxvii
Act First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		287
Act Second . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		357
Act Third . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		407