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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.
Och vill ni nu höra något om min pjes--»när den skall spelas o. s. v.», som ni så spirituelt uttrycker det--så sätt er ner och låt mig veta något närmare om ert uppehåll i Stockholm, hur många gånger ni omedvetet passerade mina fönster (på höger hand när man går Fredsgatan uppåt) och annat smått och godt som kan ha psykologiskt och själspatologiskt intresse för er vän William Zimmermann. Efter en veckas tid fick han svar, ett temligen intetsägande litet bref, skrifvet med en slarfvig, karakterslös stil, i sneda rader. Hon berättade att hon varit på bal kvällen förut och deraf kände sig så slö, att hon icke kunde taga sig annat för än skrifva till herr Zimmermann. Hon talade om sitt vistande i Stockholm, och reproducerade åter historien om att hon gått och hvisslat på Gustaf Adolfs torg, hvilket hon tycktes anse för en stor hjeltedat. Hon försökte alltigenom att anslå samma ton af nonchalans, som han sjelf i sitt bref, men hennes brist på herravälde öfver formen gjorde att det icke lyckades. William läste det med ett litet småleende. Men han hade alltför stor
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