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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.
anledning till en ganska lång Leporello-lista af flirtations-bedrifter, dervid hon ofta vågat sig så nära ut emot gränsen som hon kunde komma utan att öfverskrida den. Han ansåg henne för en vanlig liten landsortsfröken, hon deremot honom för en förskräcklig don Juan, mot hvilken hon hade att vara på sin vakt. Att han kunde bli i egentlig mening farlig för henne sjelf trodde hon dock aldrig ett ögonblick; dertill kände hon alltför väl sin styrka--sin lidelsefrihet. Men hon hade en okuflig lust att komma underfund med, hur en sådan herre egentligen skulle taga sig ut i det ögonblick, då lidelsen grep honom, hvilka medel han skulle begagna för att öfvervinna den kvinnas motstånd, som han älskade. Med ett ord: hon var nyfiken på förförelsens teknik. Den var nästan det enda inom facket som ännu låg utom hennes erfarenhet. Derför hade det nästan varit henne en missräkning att William ännu aldrig gjort något steg i den riktningen. Med afseende på hans gryende känslor såg hon redan på detta stadium betydligt skarpare än han sjelf; men just derför kunde hon icke förstå hans tillbakadragenhet. Då han ännu dagen innan deras afresa icke gjort någotsomhelst försök att
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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.
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– Gustave Flaubert
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