5/29/2023 0 Comments The 19th wife book summary![]() “Einar pressed the side of his face into the pillow. ![]() As her confidence grows, Greta sees less and less of Einar and she realizes that soon her husband may not exist at all.Įbershoff paints Einar as a very delicate creature. After several outings, Lili is introduced as Einar’s sister and even attends a few social gatherings. At first, he dresses as Lili in the privacy of the apartment that he shares with Greta but as the weeks pass and with the support of Greta, he begins to allow Lili to take short shopping trips. As Einar realizes that he is indeed a woman, seemingly trapped in a man’s body, he becomes Lili and the three of them live together as a family of sorts. ![]() ![]() The novel itself was inspired by the marriage of Einar and Gerda Wegener, both artists living in Copenhagen in 1925. Her portrait model has canceled, and would he mind slipping into women’s shoes and stockings for a few moments so that she can finish the painting on time? “Of course,” he answers, “Anything at all.” With that, one of the most passionate and unusual love stories of the twentieth century begins.Ī non-traditional love story that will stay with you long after you put it down. It starts with a question, a simple favor asked of a husband by his wife on an afternoon chilled by the Baltic wind while both are painting in their studio. ![]()
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