------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. In the printed original, emphasis is indicated by gesperrt (spaced) text, but is here also delimited as the italic. Footnotes have been collected at the end of each section or act in which they are referenced. 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 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: title page] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1912 _Collected Edition, first printed March 1907_ _New Impressions, April 1909, November, 1912_ _Copyright 1894 by William Heinemann_ CONTENTS