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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
309
cause in its moral and social aspects, but she kept herself
free from any party spirit, and her literary sphere belonged
to a larger and more serene field of thought.
But there was another thing that seemed to prove those
to be right who, at all costs, sought to imprison Anna
Car-lotta within the strict limits of the woman question, and
this was her manner of regarding and understanding love
in the abstract, a manner to which she was led by all the
woman movement.
Love, at this time, seemed to her only an episode of life,
not life’s essence, or, so to speak, the life of life. Her works
seemed to be wanting in something indefinable, and this
something was the intimate and complete conception of the
sentiment only obtained by the absolute abandonment of
the soul to love. In the story " Doubt," and another one,
" At Strife with Society," very much is said, and well said,
about love; but love itself is only seen by glimpses, as if the
author deliberately wanted to deny to her own soul the
knowledge of an invading power that she almost feared.
And, in fact, it was only later in life that she possessed the
entire and perfect knowledge of the power of love.
The famous representatives of Northern literature, who
met at Anna Carlotta’s house to discuss all things tinder
the sun, were put at their ease by the sympathizing
amiability of their hostess, who gave the impress of her
personality to the conversation, yet was as ready to listen as to
speak. She often displayed, however, a coldness and pride of
manner due to a shyness which she never entirely overcame,
but these soon vanished on more intimate acquaintance.
In 1884 the young writer began to travel, taking with her
a dear friend, Juha Kjellberg, now Madame von Vollmar.
She obtained many introductions to different circles in
foreign lands partly through Madame Sönya Kovalévsky,
who had come to Stockholm in 1883, and with whom she
had become most intimate.
Thus Anna Carlotta became acquainted, especially in
England, with some of the most noted personages, and
acquired new ideas.
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