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By C. J. L. Almqvist
Cover: Lake Siljan. Study (Gustaf Wilhelm Palm), Nationalmuseum 20715 by Gustaf Wilhelm Palm (1810-1890) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
On a steamboat leaving Stockholm, a young sergeant falls into conversation with Sara Videbeck, a glazier's daughter travelling home to Lidköping, and they journey on together across lakes and country inns. Almqvist's short novel of 1839 caused a scandal, because Sara has her own firm ideas about love, independence and what marriage takes from a woman.
Summary written with Claude Opus 5.5.