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A BIOGRAPHY
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I should be if you would translate it into Swedish. But I should
reproach myself with taking up your time, which you might
employ to so much better purpose. I have also written a long story
about my sister’s childhood, her youth, and her first steps in
a literary career; and about our connection with Dostoévsky.
Just now I am busy at " Væ Victis," which, perhaps, you
remember. I have also another story in hand, " Les Revenants "
(" Ghosts"), which also takes up much time. I should much
like you to give me full powers to dispose of our " child," " When
Death Shall Be No More." It is my favorite of all our children,
and lately I have often thought of it. I have found an
admirable frame for it—Pasteur’s Institute. I have lately got, quite
accidentally, to know all about the departments of that
Institute ; and it seems to me that all this might be put together
dramatically. I have for some weeks been turning over in my
mind a plan for making our " child " happy. But it is so bold
and fantastic that I do not like to carry it out without full
powers from you.
In August she wrote again from Sevres, where she
stayed, during the summer months, with her little
daughter and some Russian friends:
I have just received a letter from Göstav, telling me that I
shall perhaps meet you on my return to Sweden. I must say I am
selfish enough to rejoice with all my heart. I am so impatient
to know what you are now writing. On my part, I have a great
deal I should like to show you and tell you. Up to now, thank
God, I have never been at a loss for a subject for a novel. And
at this moment my head is in a ferment with plots. I have
finished " Recollections of Childhood " (" The Raevsky Sisters "); I
have written the preface to " Væ Victis," and I have commenced
two stories—who knows when I shall have time to finish them !
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