Largo Adiós de Ellen Olestjerne, El - by Franziska Von Reventlow (Paperback)

About the Book

This extraordinary novel, written between 1900 and 1902 and never before translated into Spanish, evokes a life so rich in turbulence that it places "the fate of every bourgeois woman in the hands of deadly boredom," as the German critics once said. It tells the relentless struggle for self-determination of the young noblewoman Ellen Olestjerne, for whom freedom is life's first principle -- in love, in sex, in work, and in motherhood. Neither boarding schools, nor family discipline, nor numerous lovers are, in her view, reasons to restrain that fundamental freedom. Family and bohemia: a life and an era as seductive as they are complex.

Book Synopsis

Evoking a life rich in turbulences, this early 20th-century novel narrates Ellen Olestjerne's implacable struggle for self-determination. For this young noble woman, freedom is life's primary principle--in love, in motherhood, in sex, at work. Neither boarding school, nor familial discipline, nor her numerous lovers will be able to restrict that fundamental freedom.

Evocando una vida rica en turbulencias, esta novela de comienzos del siglo XX narra la lucha implacable de Ellen Olestjerne por la autodeterminación. Para esta joven noble la libertad es el primer principio de vida--en el amor, en la maternidad, en el sexo, en el trabajo. Ni los internados, ni la disciplina familiar, ni los numerosos amantes han de coartar esa libertad fundamental.

About the Author

Franziska von Reventlow was a German writer, artist, and translator known as the Bohemian Countess of Schwabing in the years leading up to World War I. An unorthodox voice in the early women's movement in Europe, she called for sexual freedom and the abolition of the institution of marriage as the path to social equality for women.