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It is no exaggeration to say that Fredrika Bremer was
one of the most celebrated and influential Swedish
women that ever lived. Although as a novelist she
had during her lifetime successful rivals among her
own sex, none of these could even remotely equal her
in creative, intellectual, and spiritual force. She
introduced the middle class domestic novel into
Swedish literature; she raised Swedish realism to
a higher plane than it had previously occupied;
she inspired effective, well-needed social reforms,
and stimulated an active love for humanity. It was
a source of extreme satisfaction to her that she
lived to see many of her dreams of betterment come
true. Perhaps her greatest source of happiness was
the abolition of slavery in the United States.
Returning to the writings which more directly concern
us, we may safely assert that Miss Bremer’s greatest
claim to immortality abroad is based on her letters
of travel. These are classics of their kind, as
fresh and charming as on the day they were written,
and the wealth of their information is enhanced by
the sympathetic personality of the recorder as well
as by their humorous, compelling style. Her accounts
of what she saw have served as reliable guides in
innumerable fields of effort, both in Europe and
America, and particularly as a mirror of conditions
and characters
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