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Victoria Benedictsson

Born

in Domme, Skåne, Sweden

March 06, 1850

Died

July 21, 1888

Genre

Fiction, Drama

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See also pseudonym: Ernst Ahlgren

Victoria Benedictsson (March 6, 1850, Domme – July 21, 1888) was a Swedish author. She was born as Victoria Maria Bruzelius in Domme, a village in the province of Skåne. She wrote under the pen name Ernst Ahlgren.

Benedictsson grew up on a farm in Sweden. At 21 she married a 49-year-old widower from Hörby. Benedictsson was not happy in her marriage and had a love affair with the Danish critic and scholar Georg Brandes. The unhappy love affair has often been blamed for her subsequent suicide, but she was also very unhappy with the intellectually limited life she led. She is, together with August Strindberg, regarded as one of the greatest proponents of the Swedish realist writing style. In her novels she descr ...more

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Average rating: 3.55 · 2,872 ratings · 234 reviews · 103 distinct works • Similar authors

	Pengar 3.50 avg rating — 1,693 ratings — published 1885	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ur mörkret 3.97 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 1888 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fru Marianne 3.50 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 1887 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jul 3.21 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1887 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Enchantment (Nick Hern Books) by Victoria Benedictsson, Clare Bayley (Adapter) 3.88 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1890 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	En realist 3.09 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1884 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I telefon 3.36 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1887 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Romeos Julia 3.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ud fra mørket 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Från Skåne 2.74 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Stora boken (3 books)
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4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings

Ord på liv och död (3 books)
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Victoria Benedictsson,

Ebba Witt-Brattström (Editor),

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4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings

Quotes by Victoria Benedictsson (?)

“Hennes självbedrägeri ljög fram en vrångbild, som i mycket liknade lyckan.”
― Victoria Benedictsson, Pengar

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