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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.
var då som flägtadt bort; det var som om hans själ badat slagget af sig i den saltklara luften; och blodet i hans ådror sjöng vackra dikter, dikter som aldrig fingo ord, dikter om lifvets grannaste ideal, sedda genom ett barns ögon, utan missräkningarnes bitterhet och utan erfarenhetens tvifvel. Men det behöfdes icke mer än att en menniskofot raspade mot hällen för att drifva stämningen bort. Ansigtets drag flögo blixtsnabbt en garde, ödsligheten var förbi och sällskapligheten började, själen anlade sitt fikonlöf och lögnen kom åter till heders.--Mellan bruna bergsknallar och grå gled ångbåten fram; mellan stora skrofliga kolosser och små svarta skär, öfver hvilkas blankspolade ryggar vågorna lekfullt skvalpade. Längst i bakgrunden låg bohuslänska kusten som en väldig terrass af naken granit, hvars konturer böljade oroligt mot horisonten. Här och hvar sågs en grön fläck i bottnen på en dal eller en klyfta, som sluttade mot stranden; eljes ingenting, icke en buske, icke ett träd, knappt ett enda spår af vegetation. På de kala hällarne lågo enstaka hus kastade omkring; men i dalarne och klyftorna hade de krupit ihop
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