When We Dead Awaken - A Dramatic Epilogue in Three Acts by Ibsen, Henrik - 1900

London: William Heinemann, 1900. Green and black titles on light green cloth spine and dark green cloth boards which have some minor marks, a touch of wear to spine head and tail and corner tips, age darkening to spine and bumping to corners. Internally there is age darkening to endpapers, a name and date to front endpaper else generally very clean, tight and unmarked. A Good+ copy 160 pages + 32 page catalogue. Translated from the Norwegian by William Archer. Ibsen's play, first published in 1899, is of Professor Arnold Rubek, a celebrated sculptor, and his wife Maia, who find themselves tense and ill at ease while travelling. Maia finds herself drawn to Ulfheim, a brutal hunter who contrasts sharply with her cold, withdrawn husband. Rubek, for his part, encounters Irene, a beautiful woman from his past. Awakening memories, desires, and an acute existential crisis in Rubek, Irene leads him to a mountaintop and as they approach the summit, both are killed in an avalanche. From the valley below, Maia is singing exultantly. . **** NOT EX LIB **** B2D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.