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novel entitled, “Outside Matrimony,” which was
meant to be the history of unmarried women,
of all those who for various reasons had never
had an opportunity of founding their own
family. It was to describe their thoughts
about love and marriage, the interests that
filled their lives,—in short, it was to be the
romance of all those who, according to accepted
ideas, have no romance. I meant it to be a
kind of counterpart to Garborg’s ‘Men Folk,’ in
which he gives a similar history of bachelor life.
I had collected a number of types of single
women amongst my contemporaries, and I was
very much taken up with my subject. Then
Sonia came with her idea, and her influence
over me was so great that she soon succeeded
in making me desert my own child and adopt
hers. Some letters which I wrote at the time
will show the enthusiasm which filled us both
for this work:—
‘February 2nd, 1887.
‘ . . . . Sonia and I have conceived a
grand plan; we are going to write a great drama
in ten acts—which is to be divided into two
parts, of which each will take an evening. The
idea is hers, but I am to work it out. It is a
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