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Footnotes have been collected at the end of each section or act, and are linked for ease of reference.

Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s [note] at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any other textual issues encountered during its preparation.

The front cover, which had only an embossed decoration, has been augmented with information from the title page, and, as such, is added to the public domain.

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THE COLLECTED WORKS OF

HENRIK IBSEN

VOLUME IV

PEER GYNT

1867


THE COLLECTED WORKS OF

HENRIK IBSEN

Copyright Edition. Complete in 12 Volumes.

Crown 8vo, price 4s. each.

ENTIRELY REVISED AND EDITED BY

WILLIAM ARCHER

Vol. I.Lady Inger, The Feast at Solhoug, Love’s Comedy
Vol. II.The Vikings, The Pretenders
Vol. III.Brand
Vol. IV.Peer Gynt
Vol. V.Emperor and Galilean (2 parts)
Vol. VI.The League of Youth, Pillars of Society
Vol. VII.A Doll’s House, Ghosts
Vol. VIII.An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck
Vol. IX.Rosmersholm, The Lady from the Sea
Vol. X.Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder
Vol. XI.Little Eyolf, John Gabriel Borkman, When We Dead Awaken
Vol. XII.From Ibsen’s Workshop

London: WILLIAM HEINEMANN

21 Bedford Street, W.C.

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF
HENRIK IBSEN

Copyright Edition


VOLUME IV

PEER GYNT

A DRAMATIC POEM

TRANSLATED BY

WILLIAM AND CHARLES ARCHER



London

WILLIAM HEINEMANN

1912

Collected Edition, first printed March 1907

New Impressions, April 1909, November, 1912

Copyright 1894 by William Heinemann