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Modern
by Victoria Benedictsson
Modern is a novel by Victoria Benedictsson, published in 1883. It is a naturalistic novel that explores the themes of love, marriage, and the human condition. The novel is considered to be a part of Benedictsson’s late, naturalistic period.
»Det är visst bara för det du så sällan ser mig syssla med fruntimmersarbeten.» »Nej. Det är något i sjelfva ditt väsen som skriker emot. Det är som att se en kökspiga spela fiol.--Hvad skall det för resten bli till?» »En plaid.» »Du har ju tre förut.» Hon stred mot en plötsligt uppdykande lust att med munter förtrolighet svara: »Men du har ingen!» Emellertid betvang hon den och fortsatte sitt arbete under tystnad; men der låg ett skimmer af inåtvänd glädje öfver hennes drag. William satt och stirrade ut genom fönstret. Der nere låg staden, öfvergjuten af solljus: Skeppsholmen inbäddad i grönska, med de röda tinnarne af den gotiska kasernen och kyrkan på backen högst uppe. Nationalmuseum, norska ministerhotellet, Bolinderska palatset, Grand hotell och Fersenska terrassen drogo sig i en sned linie längsmed Norrström. Närmast, till venster låg Skeppsbron med lossande skutor och rörligt lif; och längst i fonden Ladugårdslandskyrkans kupol, höjande sig öfver de mellanliggande taken. Öfverallt föll solljuset skarpt, med glansdagrar och reflexer. Strömmens böljor gnistrade och glittrade som hvita lågor, genom hvilka de små
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