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SÖNYA KOVALÉVSKY
But both they and her parents never denied her that
admiring sympathy which is so welcome to all young writers.
In autumn, 1869, under the pseudonym of " Carlot," she
published a collection of tales entitled " By Chance," which
were well received by the public. In 1872 she married,
under peculiar circumstances, Mr. G. Edgren, with whom
she lived like an affectionate and tenderly-loved sister.
She reserved full liberty to dedicate herself to a literary
life, but never neglected the duties of the mistress of a
household.
The excellent financial conditions in which she lived, and
the high position she held, not only enabled her to pursue
the vocation to which she felt herself called, but also gave
her abundant opportunity of frequenting society, without,
however, wasting her strength on mere frivolities.
She grew in experience, her imagination became more
fecund, and her literary development made great progress.
Yet some deeper aspirations of her soul remained
unsatisfied, and the traces of this want may be found in the thirst
for independence, for a personal life freer from
conventionality, depicted in her drama, " The Actress," and in
" Elfvan," now that their true authorship is known. But
at the time of their appearance this of course was
unnoticed, except by her intimate friends.
" The Actress" was represented on the stage in 1873;
"Henpecked" and "The Curate" in 1876; "Elfvan"in
1880.
" The Actress," though it was played at the Stockholm
during a whole winter, was never suspected to be the work
of a woman, and no one would have believed it possible
that a girl only twenty-three years of age, who had never
been in a theater above two or three times in her life, could
have produced such a drama. Her parents, during their
daughter’s early youth, considered theater-going a luxury,
and her own religious convictions forbade her to indulge
in such a pleasure often.
In this first work Anna Carlotta expressed the idea which
dominated her life; an idea set forth by her long before
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