Agathe Bremer

A doctor's decree that FB's younger sister Agathe should remain at Årsta for the winter, not move to Stockholm, because of her back trouble, rescued Fredrika from the social scene for the next two years...

FB's elder sister, Charlotte, found it easier than Fredrika to conform to social expectations. A younger sister, Agathe , had a great impact on FB's life by falling ill: as Agathe's chief carer for...

FB's most famous book of travels, The Homes of the New World, which originated in letters home to her sister Agathe , was advertised in English translation (by Mary Howitt ) in three volumes...