Hertha. Authorized American Edition, with the Author's Dedication

New York: G.P. Putnam & Co, 1856. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First American edition. Boards rubbed with corners exposed, spine faded, front free endpaper removed,. 1856 Hard Cover. viii, [13]-383 pp. Dark brown cloth, gilt titles blind-stamped decorations on boards. Translated from the original Swedish by Mary Howitt. Considered the first Swedish feminist novel, Bremer's classic work was an instant sensation, and caused sweeping social change in Sweden upon its publication: the resulting reform movement granted all unmarried Swedish women legal majority at the age of 25 and established Hogre Lararinneseminariet, Sweden's first female tertiary school. Sophie Adlersparre responded to these changes by founding Tidskrift for hemmet (Home Review), Sweden's first women's magazine. The magazine's board also founded the first Swedish women's rights organization, which they named after Bremer. A scene in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women features the March sisters reading the works of Fredrika Bremer. The author is often called 'the Swedish Jane Austen,' and popularized the realist style in Swedish literature. Given her influence, this is a surprisingly scarce work both in the Swedish original and in English translation.