Reviews for The Master Builder
Review - Master Builder, The
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Here's a brief summary: Builder Halvard Solness lives with his wife, Aline. Ten years earlier, their house burned down. Shortly thereafter, their twin sons died. Aline has since lived in mourning. Solness built homes on the lot where their house stood and made a lot of money and became famous.
In his shop, Solness employs Brovik, and old architect and Brovik’s son, Ragnar. His secretary is Ragnar’s fiancée, Kaja. Solness and Kaja are having an affair. Nobody knows about it, but Aline has her suspicions.
One day, Hilde Wangel shows up. She met Solness when she was a young girl and fell in love. She’s come to him now because he promised to take her away. Solness talks with Hilde about life and tells her about his past, his guilt over his success after the death of his sons and his fear of heights. They make plans, but when Hilde finds out from Ragnar about Solness and Kaja, she convinces Solness to climb the scaffolding on the new house he’s just built. Solness does and falls to his death. Hilde is happy because now she has Solness all to herself.
Why on earth is there a market for this kind of story?
Here's a brief summary: Builder Halvard Solness lives with his wife, Aline. Ten years earlier, their house burned down. Shortly thereafter, their twin sons died. Aline has since lived in mourning. Solness built homes on the lot where their house stood and made a lot of money and became famous.
In his shop, Solness employs Brovik, and old architect and Brovik’s son, Ragnar. His secretary is Ragnar’s fiancée, Kaja. Solness and Kaja are having an affair. Nobody knows about it, but Aline has her suspicions.
One day, Hilde Wangel shows up. She met Solness when she was a young girl and fell in love. She’s come to him now because he promised to take her away. Solness talks with Hilde about life and tells her about his past, his guilt over his success after the death of his sons and his fear of heights. They make plans, but when Hilde finds out from Ragnar about Solness and Kaja, she convinces Solness to climb the scaffolding on the new house he’s just built. Solness does and falls to his death. Hilde is happy because now she has Solness all to herself.
Why on earth is there a market for this kind of story?
Reviewed by Roger on 2006-08-08 15:23:24