Project Gutenberg 2006-06-22 Public domain in the USA. 123 Ibsen, Henrik 1828 1906 Ibsen, Enrico Ibsen, Henryk Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold) 1853 1931 Herford, Charles Harold Kærlighedens Komedie. English Love's Comedy Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%27s_Comedy E-text prepared by Douglas Levy "Love's Comedy" by Henrik Ibsen is a play written in the mid-19th century. The work serves as a satirical exploration of romantic relationships and societal conventions surrounding love and marriage. It features a cast of characters including Mrs. Halm, her daughters Svanhild and Anna, and various young men, such as Falk and Lind, who embody different perspectives on love and commitment. At the start of the play, we are introduced to a lively summer afternoon at Mrs. Halm's villa, where her daughters and their boarders are gathered. The young men engage casually in conversation, revealing their romantic aspirations and challenges, particularly concerning love's fleeting nature and the mundane realities of courtship. Falk, one of the central characters, expresses his disdain for conventional expectations of love, while Lind joyfully announces his recent engagement to Anna. Meanwhile, Svanhild demonstrates an air of independence that is challenged by her surroundings. As the curtain falls, the complexities of their relationships and the tensions between convention and individual desire foreshadow deeper comedic and critical examinations of love throughout the play. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Norwegian drama -- Translations into English PT Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 258575 2025-08-08T05:39:06.940606 text/html 258396 2025-01-08T05:48:48.405698 text/html 149277 2025-08-08T05:39:14.282566 application/epub+zip 151089 2025-08-08T05:39:08.829597 application/epub+zip 151089 2025-08-08T05:39:07.666578 application/epub+zip 289196 2025-08-08T05:39:17.372553 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 260009 2025-08-08T05:39:13.285567 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 221880 2022-09-09T05:03:17.266320 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 189738 2025-08-08T05:39:06.555615 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 189550 2006-07-24T15:59:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18030 2025-08-08T05:39:17.509534 application/rdf+xml 11270 2025-08-08T05:39:08.155578 image/jpeg 2937 2025-08-08T05:39:07.910587 image/jpeg 74250 2006-07-24T15:59:47 application/octet-stream application/zip 146544 2025-08-08T05:39:06.959611 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia no.wikipedia en.wikipedia