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Dark Hours. Two stories by Henrietta from Flatey.
Here are the stories: - The Cure. A modern story - Hidden Sorrows. A story from the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Henríetta frá Flatey is the pen name of Jensína Henríetta Hermannsdóttir. She was born on July 11, 1886 in Flatey in Breiðafjörður and grew up there. During her farming years, she lived most of her time in Otradalur in Arnarfjörður with her husband, Guðmundur Guðmundsson, a farmer and fisherman. They had nine children, and Henríetta used the twilight hours, when the household was quiet, to write. Her only published work is therefore aptly titled, Rökkurstundur. The book contains two short novels: Lækningin – a modern story and Huldir harmar – a story from the nineteenth century. It is interesting how different these two stories are, the former is written into the formula of entertainment stories, while the latter is an original story about three generations of women where the female perspective is clearly expressed as well as psychological insight. In the story, marriage is categorically rejected as a bad option for women, and women's self-sacrifice is rejected.
Henrietta died in 1955.
Here are the stories: - The Cure. A modern story - Hidden Sorrows. A story from the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Henríetta frá Flatey is the pen name of Jensína Henríetta Hermannsdóttir. She was born on July 11, 1886 in Flatey in Breiðafjörður and grew up there. During her farming years, she lived most of her time in Otradalur in Arnarfjörður with her husband, Guðmundur Guðmundsson, a farmer and fisherman. They had nine children, and Henríetta used the twilight hours, when the household was quiet, to write. Her only published work is therefore aptly titled, Rökkurstundur. The book contains two short novels: Lækningin – a modern story and Huldir harmar – a story from the nineteenth century. It is interesting how different these two stories are, the former is written into the formula of entertainment stories, while the latter is an original story about three generations of women where the female perspective is clearly expressed as well as psychological insight. In the story, marriage is categorically rejected as a bad option for women, and women's self-sacrifice is rejected.
Henrietta died in 1955.