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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.
midt i folkvimlet på ångbåtsbryggan. Pelle hade vandrat utåt vägen i sällskap med sin sommarsaga. Han hade säkert fått ett ordentligt afsked, han! Pelle stod vid hans sida och viftade som en ursinnig. Ja, han hade skäl att vifta. William stoppade sin näsduk i fickan; det skulle fan stå och fåna längre. »Går du med?» sade han till Pelle. »Inte ännu!» William gjorde en axelryckning och försökte sig med att se sarkastisk ut. Han började betrakta de kringstående med spefulla blickar. Från varmbadhusets veranda viftade badmadamerna med stora badlakan, från restaurationsbyggnadens balkon viftade alla serveringsfröknarne med hvita servietter--tre gardeslöjtnanter reste med båten i dag--och utanför biljarden stod dess fete egare och viftade med markeringstaflans handduk; det var en sista afskedshelsning till den trognaste stamgästen, à la guerre-spelaren par excellence, en student från Upsala, som legat vid badorten i sex veckor i och för sin helsas vårdande. »Går du med nu?» frågade William ännu en gång. »Strax.» Ångbåten hade kommit långt bort; men ännu viftade en trofast näsduk från öfversta däcket och så länge den höll i var Pelle omöjlig att rubba.
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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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– Gustave Flaubert
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