Den lukkede bog

In 1875 Frederikke Leuenbech, twenty-one, has led an overprotected, sleepwalking existence until she meets the idealistic and charming obstetrician Frederik Faber. Around him move figures of the Modern Breakthrough such as J.P. Jacobsen, P.S. Krøyer, Herman Bang and Georg Brandes, and with him Frederikke begins an apparently enviable life of freedom, company and money of her own. Beneath the polished surface, though, lie secrets and hidden longings that push her into choices with heavy consequences for those around her and for herself. In 1933, old and alone, she looks back on the marriage. A novel about unfulfilled love, ends and means, idealism and cowardice.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

534 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Love (assigned by AI)

Set in

Denmark, 1875–1933

First published

2003 by Gyldendal

Author's age

42 when first published

ISBN

9788702022735 (original)

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