On a decaying North German estate with a distillery attached, a father who wanted a son is disappointed to have only a girl. Ernestine grows up neglected and fiercely intelligent, throws herself into study, and becomes a woman of science, until a young physician, Johannes, challenges what her learning has cost her heart.
A popular German novel about women’s education, translated by Annis Lee Wister and also known as Ernestine. Download the free EPUB.