The Home; Or, Life in Sweden
TRANSLATED
LONDON: HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1853.
C. WHITING, BEAUFORT HOUSE.
My sweet friend, said Judge Frank, in a tone of vexation, it is not worth while reading aloud to you if you keep yawning incessantly, and looking about, first to the right and then to the left; and with these words he laid down a treatise of Jeremy Bentham, which he had been reading, and rose from his seat.
Ah, forgive me, dear friend! returned his wife, but really these good things are all somewhat indigestible, and I was thinking about——Come here, dear Brigitta! said Mrs. Elise Frank, beckoning an old servant to her, to whom she then spoke in an under tone.
Whilst this was going on, the Judge, a handsome strong-built man of probably forty, walked up and down the room, and then suddenly pausing as if in consideration, before one of the walls, he exclaimed to his wife, who by this time had finished her conversation with the old servant, See, love, now if we were to have a door opened here—and it could very easily be done, for it is only a lath-and-plaster wall—we could then get so conveniently into our bedroom, without first going through the sitting-room and the nursery—it would indeed be capital!
But then, where could the sofa stand? answered Elise, with some anxiety.
The sofa? returned her husband; oh, the sofa could be wheeled a little aside; there is more than room enough for it.
But, my best friend, replied she, there would come a very dangerous draft from the door to every one who sat in the corner.
Ah! always difficulties and impediments! said the husband. But cannot you see, yourself, what a great advantage it would be if there were a door here?
No, candidly speaking, said she, I think it is better as it is.
Fredrika Bremer
FREDRIKA BREMER'S WORKS.
CHAPTER I.
MORNING DISPUTE AND EVENING CONTENTION.
TO CECILIA.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER II.
THE CANDIDATE.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER III.
THE CHAMBERLAIN'S LADY.
CHAPTER IV.
MONADS AND NOMADS.
CHAPTER V.
DISAGREEABLE NEWS.
CHAPTER VI.
HERO-DEEDS.
CHAPTER VII.
BREAKERS.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE IMPROVISED DINNER.
CHAPTER IX.
ONE SWALLOW MAKES NO SUMMER.
CHAPTER X.
THE END OF THE DAY.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XI.
JACOBI.
CHAPTER XII.
TIME GOES.
CHAPTER XIII.
A LITTLE EDUCATION AND COFFEE COMMITTEE.
EVELINA'S HISTORY.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE ORPHAN.
PART II.
CHAPTER I.
THE NEW HOUSE.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER II.
THE MORROW.
PETREA.
LEONORE.
EVA!
THE LITTLE LADY.
NOTICES FROM SARA'S JOURNAL.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER III.
THE OBJECT.
CHAPTER IV.
STRANGE QUESTIONS.
CHAPTER V.
AN INVITATION.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VI.
CONFUSION.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VII.
DISENTANGLING.
PETREA'S NOSE!
CHAPTER VIII.
THE DAY OF THE JOURNEY.
LEONORE'S CHAMBER.
AXELHOLM.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IX.
THE RETURN HOME.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER X.
FIRESIDE SCENES.
FIRST SCENE.
SECOND SCENE.
THIRD SCENE.
FOURTH SCENE.
FIFTH SCENE.
CHAPTER XI.
YET MORE WOOING.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XII.
MORE COURTSHIP STILL.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XIII.
DEPARTURE.
CHAPTER XIV.
LITTLE SCENES.
FOOTNOTES:
PART III.
CHAPTER I.
LEONORE TO EVA.
FROM GABRIELE.
CHAPTER II.
PETREA TO LEONORE.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER III.
A CONVERSATION.
CHAPTER IV.
EVA.
CHAPTER V.
HAPPINESS.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VI.
UNHAPPINESS.
CHAPTER VII.
THE CONSEQUENCES.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VIII.
ELISE TO CECILIA.
CHAPTER IX.
NEW ADVERSITIES.
CHAPTER X.
NEW VIEWS AND NEW SCHEMES.
CHAPTER XI.
A RELAPSE.
CHAPTER XII.
PLANS AND COUNTER PLANS.
CHAPTER XIII.
A SURPRISE.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE EVENING BEFORE THE WEDDING.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
A SICK CHAMBER.
CHAPTER XVII.
A LANDSCAPE.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XVIII.
UPS AND DOWNS.
PART IV.
CHAPTER I.
PETREA TO IDA.
'OUR ELDEST,'
CHAPTER II.
A MORNING HOUR
CHAPTER III.
ADVENTURES.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IV.
THE HOME.