Victoria Benedictsson
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Victoria Benedictsson was a Swedish author and playwright writing under the pen name Ernst Ahlgren. Despite her writing career being relatively short, she is, together with August Strindberg, regarded
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Modern Breakthrough
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The Modern Breakthrough was a movement of naturalism and debating literature of Scandinavia which replaced romanticism near the end of the 19th century.
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…she is, together with August Strindberg, regarded as one of the greatest proponents of the Swedish realist writing style and an important part of the Modern Breakthrough. In her novels she mainly depicts marriage problems and current women's issues, with notable works including Pengar (1885; Money) and Fru Marianne…
A meeting in the association Bogstaveligheden on 1 March 1882. Seated from left: Erik Skram, Georg Brandes, Sophus Schandorph, Holger Drachmann, Edvard Brandes, Viggo Johansen, August Jerndorff, Herman Trier, J.P. Jacobsen, P.S. Krøyer, Karl Madsen, Pietro Krohn, Kristian Zahrtmann. Standing from left: F. Hendriksen, Karl Gjellerup, Otto Borchsenius, Hans Nic. Hansen, Martinus Galschiøt, Laurits Tuxen, Harald Høffding, Michael Ancher. Drawn by Erik Henningsen,