[Gutenberg 14670] • Det går an

During a steamboat trip between Stockholm and Lidköping sergeant Albert falls in love with the glazier's daughter Sara Videbeck. But to marry, Sara requires them to live in an egalitarian marriage without a formal marriage ceremony and without shared property.

The novel is primarily an attack on life-long marriage as an institution and the prevention of women to become financially independent. The book's social tendency aroused lively debate and "det-går-an literature" became a concept. The issue of *Det går an* contributed greatly to that Almqvist was forced to leave his post as president of Nya Elementarskolan in Stockholm. The book also impeded his intended career as a priest. Even at the exile 1851 Almqvist was termed "the det-går-an priest" by his detractors.