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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.
med biljardens frodige egare; och borta från varmbadhuset kom det gamla inventariet Calle-Hare, traskande på breda fötter hän emot kallbadhuset. Innefrån salongen hördes hornmusikens valsmelodi, ackompanjerad af de dansandes taktfasta steg. Nu slutade dansen och paren myllrade ut på verandan för att svalka sig. Bland andra också Pelle Wahlberg, som hade vid armen en yngre, mörk dam med en djerf och vacker profil och ett par ögon som tycktes kunna vara en illustration till den kvinliga troheten. Pelle och hans dam slogo sig ner hos den bleka fröken; Pelle gjorde sin artigaste komplimang. William hade börjat få nytt intresse för gruppen; och detta hans intresse tycktes från damernas sida deladt. Då en ny dans i detsamma spelades upp, gick han fram och bad Pelle presentera sig för den mörka. »Fröken Johnsson--herr William Zimmermann.» »Får jag dansa med er?» »Tack.» Fröken Johnsson producerade ett mellanting mellan en nigning och en bugning, slog ögonen ned och tog Williams arm. »Fröken Hagberg--kandidat», fortsatte Pelle frikostigt. William hann endast göra en kort, flyktig bugning; han var redan på väg mot danssalen med den mörka. Men Pelle följde efter med den ljusa kandidaten och innan
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Style is a very simple matter; it is all rhythm. Once you get that, you can't use the wrong words.
– Virginia Woolf
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Prose is like hair; it shines with combing.
– Gustave Flaubert
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