History Literature / Overenskommelser

* BittersweetEnding: While we can agree that we get a happy ending, we don't get it until after the villains have been able to do whatever they want for years.

* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Seth might be a better man than what you might think at first, but he does have a roguish thing going on, and he just keeps having meaningless affairs with numerous women. His friend Johan is noble and pretty much flawless. But despite how different they might seem, they remain close to each other, and [[spoiler: they eventually get married to two cousins]]. [[note]]Interestingly enough, while LightFeminineDarkFeminine is the technical [[DistaffCounterpart distaff counterpart]] to this trope, their love interests Beatrice (a SpiritedYoungLady) and Sofia (a ProperLady) rather have a TomboyAndGirlyGirl dynamic.[[/note]]

* FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent: Played with when it comes to Beatrice. It is averted with regard to her cousin Sofia, who is one of her best friends. But when it comes to her uncle Vilhelm and her other cousin Edvard... Well, let's just say that they are evil abusive sociopaths.

* WrongAssumption: This story has a [[ReconstructedTrope reconstructed case]]. Beatrice assumes that Seth is [[TheCasanova a casanova]], who doesn't care more for her than for any other woman. Seth assumes that Beatrice is a shallow gold digger, who only sees him as a fun fling before she gets married to an old aristocrat and becomes a countess. And several unfortunate circumstances (including her cousin completely screwing them over) only makes them even more sure that they can't trust each other. Of course, all of this could have been solved if they only had talked to each other, but it takes them twenty months [[spoiler: (and alas, Beatrice being raped and almost killed on her wedding night)]] to actually reach that point...

** WrongGenreSavvy: Beatrice and Seth misunderstand each other completely over and over (she believes that he's [[TheCasanova a Casanova]], he believes that she's a GoldDigger), but [[spoiler: they can work things out in the end]].

* WrongGenreSavvy: This story has a [[ReconstructedTrope reconstructed case]]. Beatrice assumes that Seth is [[TheCasanova a casanova]], who doesn't care more for her than for any other woman. Seth assumes that Beatrice is a shallow gold digger, who only sees him as a fun fling before she gets married to an old aristocrat and becomes a countess. And several unfortunate circumstances (including her cousin completely screwing them over) only makes them even more sure that they can't trust each other. Of course, all of this could have been solved if they only had talked to each other, but it takes them twenty months [[spoiler: (and alas, Beatrice being raped and almost killed on her wedding night)]] to actually reach that point...

* SmallRoleBigImpact: In the backstory to the novel, Aurore Löwenström left her unhappy marriage to study abroad. But this meant that she also had to abandon her two young sons, and it lead to one of them (Vilhelm) developing a pathological hatred against the growing feminist movement. He also became abusive towards his wife, his children and his niece. Beatrice eventually becomes her uncle Vilhelm's favorite victim, because she reminds him so much of his mother/her grandmother. Aurore has been dead for years when the story starts, so she can never appear "on screen". But it becomes clear that her choice to abandon her sons to become independent, no matter how understandable it might be to Beatrice and plenty of modern readers, is what turned the Löwenströms into a BigScrewedUpFamily.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: In the backstory to the novel, Aurore Löwenström left her unhappy marriage to study abroad. But this meant that she also had to abandon her two young sons, and it lead to one of them (Vilhelm) developing a pathological hatred against the growing feminist movement. He also became abusive towards his wife, his children and his niece. Beatrice eventually becomes her uncle Vilhelm's favorite victim, because she reminds him so much of his mother/her grandmother. Aurore has been dead for years when the story starts, so she can never even appear "on screen". But it becomes clear that her choice to abandon her sons to become independent, no matter how understandable it might be to Beatrice and plenty of modern readers, is what turned the Löwenströms into a BigScrewedUpFamily.

* SlapSlapKiss: Beatrice and Seth have a moment just like this before they [[spoiler: finally can become happy together]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In the backstory to the novel, Aurore Löwenström left her unhappy marriage to study abroad. But this meant that she also had to abandon her two young sons, and it lead to one of them (Vilhelm) developing a pathological hatred against the growing feminist movement. He also became abusive towards his wife, his children and his niece. Beatrice eventually becomes her uncle Vilhelm's favorite victim, because she reminds him so much of his mother/her grandmother. Aurore has been dead for a long time when the story starts, so she can never even appear "on screen". But it becomes clear that her choice to abandon her sons to become independent, no matter how understandable it might be to Beatrice and plenty of modern readers, is what turned the Löwenströms into a BigScrewedUpFamily.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: In the backstory to the novel, Aurore Löwenström left her unhappy marriage to study abroad. But this meant that she also had to abandon her two young sons, and it lead to one of them (Vilhelm) developing a pathological hatred against the growing feminist movement. And he also became abusive towards his wife, his children and his niece. Beatrice eventually becomes her uncle Vilhelm's favorite victim, because she reminds him so much of his mother/her grandmother. Aurore has been dead for a long time when the story starts, so she can never even appear "on screen". But it becomes clear that her choice to abandon her sons to become independent, no matter how understandable it might be to Beatrice and plenty of modern readers, is what turned the Löwenströms into a BigScrewedUpFamily.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: In the backstory to the novel, Aurore Löwenström left her unhappy marriage to study abroad. But this meant that she also had to abandon her two young sons, and it lead to one of them (Vilhelm) developing a pathological hatred against the growing feminist movement. And he also became abusive towards his wife, his children and his niece. Beatrice eventually becomes her uncle Vilhelm's favorite victim, because she reminds him so much of his mother/her grandmother. Aurore has been dead for a long time when the story starts, so she can never even appear "on screen". But it becomes clear that her choice to abandon her sons, even if they're somewhat understandable to Beatrice and modern readers, is what turned the Löwenströms into a BigScrwedUpFamily.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: In the backstory to the novel, Aurore Löwenström left her unhappy marriage to study abroad. But this meant that she also abandoned her two young sons, and it lead to one of them (Vilhelm) developing a pathological hatred against the growing feminist movement. And he also became abusive towards his wife, his children and his niece. Beatrice eventually becomes her uncle Vilhelm's favorite victim, because she reminds him so much of his mother/her grandmother. Aurore has been dead for a long time when the story starts, so she can never even appear "on screen". But it becomes clear that her choice to abandon her sons, even if they're somewhat understandable to Beatrice and modern readers, is what turned the Löwenströms into a BigScrwedUpFamily.

* CreateYourOwnVillain:
** In the backstory to the novel, Aurore Löwenström (Beatrice's grandmother) left her unhappy marriage to study abroad. But this meant that she also abandoned her two young sons, and it lead to one of them (Vilhelm) developing a pathological hatred against the growing feminist movement. And he also became abusive towards his wife, his children and his niece. Beatrice eventually becomes Vilhelm's favorite victim, because she reminds him the most of his mother/her grandmother.

** Vilhelm's harsh abuse of his son Edvard also helped turning him into a violent and twisted [[TheSociopath sociopath]].

* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds: Solved by having [[spoiler: the two [[RomanticFalseLead Romantic False Leads]] hooking up with [[PairTheSpares each other]]]].

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* FallbackMarriagePact: Seth has one of these with Lily Tremaine. They're friends rather than lovers, but still decide to get engaged. But in the end, [[spoiler: they break it up when Seth is reunited with Beatrice (the story's female protagonist) and Lily finds true love with Alexandre (with whom Beatrice had a similar relationship)]].

* ShellShockedVeteran: It has been several years since Seth was in war, but he can still have nightmares about it.

* WrongGenreSavvy: This story has a reconstructed case. Beatrice assumes that Seth is [[TheCasanova a casanova]], who doesn't care more for her than for any other woman. Seth assumes that Beatrice is a shallow gold digger, who only sees him as a fun fling before she gets married to an old aristocrat and becomes a countess. And several unfortunate circumstances (including her cousin completely screwing them over) only makes them even more sure that they can't trust each other. Of course, all of this could have been solved if they only had talked to each other, but it takes them twenty months [[spoiler: (and alas, Beatrice being raped and almost killed on her wedding night)]] to actually reach that point...

* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Seth is a [[ReconstructedTrope reconstructed example]]. He's believed to be a [[TheCasanova casanova]], but really, he's looking for "the right one". And after he meets Beatrice, he starts losing his interest in any other woman.

* KnightInSourArmor: Seth is a very cynical man, who does many stupid things. But still, he never stops believing that you should always do the right thing.

** WrongGenreSavvy: Beatrice and Seth misunderstand each other completely over and over (she believes that he's [[TheCasanova a Casanova]], he believes that she's a GoldDigger]], but [[spoiler: they can work things out in the end]].

* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Seth might be a better man than what you might think at first, but he does have a roguish thing going on, and he just keeps having meaningless affairs with numerous women. His friend Johan is noble and pretty much flawless. But despite how different they might seem, they remain close to each other, and [[spoiler: they eventually get married to two cousins]]. [note: Interestingly enough, while LightFeminineDarkFeminine is the technical [[DistaffCounterpart distaff counterpart]] to this trope, their love interests Beatrice (a SpiritedYoungLady) and Sofia (a ProperLady) rather have a TomboyAndGirlyGirl dynamic.]

* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Seth might be a better man than what you might think at first, but he does have a roguish thing going on, and he just keeps having meaningless affairs with numerous women. His friend Johan is noble and pretty much flawless. But despite how different they might seem, they remain close to each other, and [[spoiler: they eventually get married to two cousins]]. [[note: Interestingly enough, while LightFeminineDarkFeminine is the technical [[DistaffCounterpart distaff counterpart]] to this trope, their love interests Beatrice (a SpiritedYoungLady) and Sofia (a ProperLady) rather have a TomboyAndGirlyGirl dynamic.]]

* YouthfulFreckles: Beatrice has red hair and freckles. And she also is a {{tomboy}} and a PluckyGirl.

* TurnOutLikeHisFather: Or in this case, "turn out like her grandmother". Beatrice reminds her uncle Wilhelm too much of his mother, who had left her family to study abroad. His treatment of his niece goes downhill from there.

* TheDogBitesBack: This story has a downplayed example, where Beatrice gets a small revenge on her uncle. Not only does Beatrice [[spoiler: claim the right to "his" house, which he basically had stolen from her, despite that she had inherited it from her grandmother. (What makes it even more awesome is that she sells the house to use the money for education for girls.)]] Beatrice also reminds him of that [[spoiler: his daughter wants nothing more to do with him, and that even his wife has left him]]...
* ThrowTheDogABone: Beatrice might be intelligent, competent and tough, but still, she doesn't have a good life as a girl or as a young woman. Sometimes though, she does get some nice moments in life. She has two good friends in Sofia and Mary, and she also gets a third friend (Vivienne). Beatrice's relationship with Seth is complicated to say the least, but still, it gives her some moments of joy, so that she [[spoiler: doesn't think sex always is bad after she gets raped]]. And in the end, [[spoiler: she and Seth can get married]].
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: The [[TheLadette ladette-like]] Beatrice might compete with men in ice-skating and horse-riding. But she also tries to follow the fashion of the era and can be seen wearing fancy dresses, make-up and high heels.
* TheMcCoy: Beatrice very much fits into this trope. Her willingness to sacrifice herself for her friends actually boarders on pure stupidity.

* MixedAncestry: Beatrice had a Swedish father and a French mother. [[spoiler: And hers and Seth's kids will be 1/2 Norwegian, 1/4 Swedish and 1/4 French).]]

* RedHeadedHero: Beatrice Löwenström is a FieryRedhead with YouthfulFreckles. She's definately supposed to stand out among other women with a more "normal" appearance.
* RedHeadsAreUncool: Beatrice belongs to the fiery cathegory. She's both an intelligent book lover and a plucky tomboy, AND a proto-feminist, which turns a lot of people away from her. She's described as not conventionally beautiful, with too many freckles and too wide a mouth, and she also seems to often wear unflattering clothes.
* SexAsARiteOfPassage: We get a RareFemaleExample of this when Beatrice has sex for the first time with Seth. Despite how she has to keep this a secret, because of the uptight culture of the 1880s in general and her family situation in particular, this is clearly a big turning point in her life.

* DeathByChildbirth: This trope is played straight at first, when we find out that Beatrice's mother died in childbirth (her baby sister died too), but [[SubvertedTrope]] subverted with Sofia (she gets ecclampsia and becomes very ill, but survives).

* ICanStillFight: Beatrice falls off a horse and gets injured, but she wants to get up, despite being adviced not to do so by Seth.

* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: You would expect this trope to be played straight here, considering how Beatrice is treated by her uncle. But it ends up being [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] instead. Because while she misses her parents, Beatrice can still admit that they had flaws.

* DitzyGenius: Beatrice is a very intelligent young woman, when it comes to academical and intellectual pursuits. But man, does she make some lousy decisions! When she's bullied into the engagement with Rosenschiöld, she never asks for help from anybody, who might actually want to and be able to help her. She also gets drunk at Sofia's engagement party (which could have ended much worse than it did), trusts the sociopathic Edvard (she shouldn't have) and tries to seduce Seth when she has just fallen off a horse and gotten injured (not the right time)!

* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Very much PlayedForDrama. Beatrice is locked into her room for a week by her EvilUncle. She's not given any food during this time and is near starvation when her aunt comes home and is allowed to give her some soup.