A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen
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Assigned across 2 curriculum lists
Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen is assigned in US schools at grades 11–12. It appears across 2 curriculum references, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.
This page shows where A Doll's House is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.
- Grade range
- Grades 11–12
- Age range
- Ages 14–18
- Pages
- 96
- Reading time
- about 1h 45m (est.)
- First published
- 1879
- Genre
- Drama
- ISBN-13
- 9780486270623
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About this book
Henrik Ibsen's landmark play follows Nora Helmer, who has secretly borrowed money to save her husband's health and, as the deception unravels, confronts how little autonomy her marriage and society allow her. Its famous final act — Nora walking out — made it a foundational text of modern realist drama and women's independence. It is commonly assigned in grades 11-12 and world-literature courses.
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Why widely assigned
This Drama title, typically at grades 11–12. Written in the 1870s; pairs with curriculum units on gender and marriage and class; cited across 2 curriculum frameworks.
Themes
gender · marriage and class · individuality · women's roles · identity
Content notes
sexism
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Common questions
- What grade level is A Doll's House?
- A Doll's House is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 11–12. It appears on 2 school reading lists, from grade 9 to grade 12. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read A Doll's House?
- It takes about 1h 45m to read A Doll's House (96 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 105 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign A Doll's House?
- A Doll's House appears on reading lists for AP English Literature & Composition, Common Core State Standards (ELA). Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is A Doll's House banned in schools?
- A Doll's House does not appear in PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. No documented multi-district removals on record, but individual districts may challenge titles locally.
- What themes does A Doll's House explore?
- Central themes in A Doll's House include gender, marriage and class, individuality, women's roles, identity.
Why this book is on this list
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Each dimension below is sourced from a public reference. The full framework is documented on the classification standard page.
- Lexile measure
- Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
- Grade band
- Grades 11–12 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 2 curricula on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- Not yet documented in a state-level framework on this site.
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- No seasonal or program-specific tags on this book.