Author: BREMER, FREDRIKA:
Title: Hertha, eller en själs historia. Teckning ur det verkliga lifvet. Stockholm, Adolf Bonnier, 1856.
Description: . Pp. (ii), 464, add. xiv. Contemporary half calf, ruled and lettered in gilt, rubbed. Hinges cracked, Old ink annotations on front paste down and last leaf. Partly with some staining, mainly in margins. Rare first edition of Bremer's famous work which is considered to be the first feminist novel in Swedish.Fredrika Bremer was a Finnish-Swedish writer and feminist reformer. She published a large number of books and travelogues. Her major concern was the issue of women's rights. This novel "Hertha" was opinion-forming and led to a lively debate that resulted Swedish women coming of age at 25. Fredrika introduced the realistic novel in Sweden and her works also received great attention abroad.

Keywords: Europe, literature, novel, roman, swedish, womens liberation, feminist,


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