The Master Builder: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Master Builder, credited to Henrik Ibsen, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen. Translated by William Archer and Edmund Gosse. Henrik Ibsen's The Master Builder, first published in 1892, is about architect Halvard Solness, who despite personal tragedy (including the death of his two sons) has risen to the top of his profession. He has succeeded partly through ruthless competition and exploitation and partly through a seeming ability to force his will on others. His unhappy wife Aline mourns for their lost life, and resents his interest in various young women, including his bookkeeper Kaia Fosli. Solness disregards the ambitions of other architects, including Knut Brovik and his son Ragnar, and seeks solace in the advice of family physician and friend Dr. Herdal. With the entrance of Hilda Wangel, a young woman whom he met as a child ten years ago, his life acquires a new focal point, one that will mean the end of him. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast: Halvard Solness: Bruce Pirie Aline Solness: Arielle Lipshaw Dr. Herdal: Andy Minter Knut Brovik: Lars Rolander Ragnar Brovik: mb Kaia Fosli: Availle Hilda Wangel: Elizabeth Klett Narrator: Guero Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Master Builder
• Author credits: Henrik Ibsen
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 3
• Listed recording duration: 2:23:21

Catalogue topics

• audio
• drama
• play
• ibsen
• master builder

Track guide

1. 1 - Act 1 — 54:20
2. 2 - Act 2 — 50:03
3. 3 - Act 3 — 38:59

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