Nyckfull kvinna del 2 - Fästmön

Edith Sternfelt has earned her reputation as a capricious woman, and no one knows it better than herself. In this second installment of Flygare-Carlén's beloved novel, she finds herself tangled in a love triangle that tests her heart and her pride. Helmer Dagby, the steady mill foreman, has left to tend his dying mother, and in his absence, the roguish cavalry officer Abbe Linden arrives at Dagby with mischief in his eyes and his own designs on Edith's affection. But it is Helmer's absence that reveals the truth Edith cannot speak: her heart belongs to him, though she has spent years pretending otherwise. When Helmer returns, grief-stricken and changed, the two circle each other, unable to confess what both clearly feel. Then, in a desperate moment after a heated argument with her mother, Edith makes a choice that will alter the course of her life. She becomes engaged to Count Herman, to her mother's delight. But simplicity was never in Edith's nature, and nothing will unfold as anyone expects. Flygare-Carlén, Sweden's answer to Austen, weaves a tale of love, class, and the terrible costs of pride in 19th-century Nordic society.