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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.
frisk luft och salt vatten, men också lifvets öfriga bekvämligheter som t.ex. en 1:sta klassens restaurant, vackra damtoiletter och helst ett eller åtminstone ett hälft dussin bekanta Stockholmsfysionomier, från Kungsträdgården. Men det var icke _endast_ detta, som drog honom; han hade också lärt sig hålla af den bohuslänska skärgårdens natur. Han hade alltid känt det som var den i slägt med hans egen och han älskade dess storslagna ödslighet, dess högtidliga liflöshet och denna djupa tystnad, hvilken icke stördes af bullret från de millioner menniskofötter, som feberaktigt jägtade fram öfver gatornas stenläggning. När han stod ensam på en klint och blickade ut öfver de stora vidderna, der vattnet bredde sig kring skär och klippor glittrande ljust och speglande blått så långt ögat nådde--greps han af en underlig beklämning. Hans eget jag krympte samman till en atom i verldsalltet; och i denna stämning var det som om allt det finaste och bästa hos honom sjelf slog ut i blom. Allt det falska och konventionella, allt det lögnaktiga och förskrufvade, som ute i lifvet tillhörde den trista figur som vandrade omkring med ett hånleende på läpparne och bar hans namn,
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