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(1895) [MARC] Author: Sofja Kovalevskaja, Anne Charlotte Leffler, Ellen Key
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

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inherited the literary tendencies which showed themselves
so early, that, when only six years old, she dictated a little
tale to her brother Fritz, which the lad wrote down.

The little girl grew up in an atmosphere of tender
affection, equally beloved by her parents and by her three
brothers — Göesta Mittag-Leffier, who afterward became
an eminent mathematical professor in his own country,
and also obtained a doctor’s degree at Oxford; Arthur,
who became an architect, and Fritz.

The latter was nearest to her in age, and was her constant
playfellow, in whose company she enjoyed summer trips
to Folglelos on the Vettern Lake, which were repeated
yearly up to 1858, and looked forward to by the children,
during the long winters spent in Stockholm, with longing
and delight.

During these sojourns in the beautiful scenery of Vettern
Lake, Anna Carlotta imbibed the love of Sweden, its lakes
and mountains, which remained true and strong even when
she was transplanted to the fairer regions of the South.

Her intimate companionship with her brothers, and
participation in their studies, were of great influence on Anna
Carlotta’s character. She became a frank, intrepid girl,
free from all feminine caprice, capable of simple, loyal
friendship, looking at life with a wider charity.

As a young girl, she was of a placid and amiable
disposition, and became a favorite with all the pupils of the
Wallenska school, which she attended for some years. Her
masters praised her for several compositions in Swedish,
but offended her by hinting that her brothers must have
helped her. Even during her school years she indulged in
writing fiction, and the strong religious impression she
received at her confirmation found expression in a
never-published romance, which she was busy writing from her
fifteenth to her seventeenth year.

Very wisely her brothers would not allow her to publish
her first attempts; they rather encouraged her to study
earnestly the language, history, and literature of her native
land, and thus saved her from the peril of dilettantism.

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