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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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