The Home; Or, Life in Sweden by Fredrika Bremer
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"The Home; Or, Life in Sweden" by Fredrika Bremer is a novel written in 1839. The story centers on Elisa Frank and her relationships with her husband, Judge Frank, and their children, exploring the joys and sorrows of family life. Bremer uses her own family as inspiration for the characters, particularly the daughters. The novel marks Bremer's first advocacy for women's emancipation, challenging the social restrictions that confined women's lives and left
them dependent on marriage for security and fulfillment. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Bremer, Fredrika, 1801-1865 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham), 1799-1888 |
| Uniform Title | Hemmet. English |
| Title | The Home; Or, Life in Sweden |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home;_or,_Family_Cares_and_Family_Joys |
| Credits |
Produced by Stacy Brown, Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Sweden -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 20746 |
| Release Date | Mar 5, 2007 |
| Last Update | Mar 6, 2007 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 687 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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