The Colonel's Family: No 19 (Series B: English Translations of Works of Scandinavian Literature) - Softcover

First appearing in two parts in 1830-31 as part of a series which Fredrika Bremer called Sketches from Daily Life, this novel is an exploration of the problems of a frustrated, silenced woman, a creature of strong repressed passions, in an era of highly constrictive marital conventions.

Often characterized as Sweden's Charlotte Bronte, Fredrika Bremer was widely translated during her lifetime and became internationally acclaimed as the author of an impressive series of novels and travel books. The Colonel's Family first appeared as Sketches from Daily Life (1830). Her novel, now recognized as a sensitive exploration of the life of a frustrated woman, is written in what is unexpectedly modern experimental prose.