# Eugenia Falk — The Red Room character guide

> Eugenia Falk in The Red Room by August Strindberg.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Eugenia, Falk

**First appearance:** 0001-ii-between-brothers

## Snapshot

Arvid's sister, Eugenia presides over tea and women's associations while keeping her husband's affairs firmly outside her concern.

## Who they are

Eugenia Falk runs a household of small economies and large proprieties, hosting teas where women's rights and velvet dresses are discussed with equal gravity. She refuses to interfere in her husband's business even as she trades barbs with Mrs. Homan about her brother-in-law's disreputable company. When Lady Rehnhjelm unexpectedly praises Arvid, Eugenia's stiff defensiveness melts into eager agreement, revealing a woman caught between social caution and family loyalty.

## In the story

### [Master and Dogs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/iv-master-and-dogs)

Charles Nicholas's wife, who defies her husband by staying in bed and refusing to supervise the household, asserting her independence.

### [Bills of Exchange](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/ix-bills-of-exchange)

Discusses her family's visit and her work with the Association for the Promotion of Women's Rights, revealing tension with her husband.

### [Divine Ordinance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/xiii-divine-ordinance)

Hosts the Crèche committee meeting, eager to impress and 'crush' her guests with new furniture and her husband's connections; becomes distressed upon receiving a letter from her husband.

### [XVI: In the White Mountains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/xvi-in-the-white-mountains)

Arrives with Mrs. Homan on a charity visit to the White Mountains, displaying condescension and using a scent-spray while making notes on the 'spiritual darkness' of the poor.

### [Audiences](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/xxiii-audiences)

Visits her husband to discuss Arvid's poems and request money, but is dismissed curtly.

### [XXX: Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/xxx-epilogue)

Sister-in-law who visits with Mrs. Homan and criticizes the home's decor.

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