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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.
ex.--när ni kommer. W. Z. P. S. På måndag går pjesen för första gång. P. P. S. Ni behöfver i ert nästa bref inte högakta mig med att skrifva Er och Ni (med stora bokstäfver). Jag är nöjd med mindre. Ni skrifver ju gud (med litet g) inte sant? Ni som är en jakobin. P. P. P. S. Detta liknar ett väninnebref. * * * * * Mellan modern och William var förhållandet oförändradt. Han besökte henne dagligen men någon förtrolighet fans det icke. Samtalet gick numera vanligen trögt; för att hålla det uppe måste hon berätta, ideligen och oupphörligt, om sig sjelf. Detta pinade henne men det var enda möjligheten att göra deras samvaro dräglig. William tycktes aldrig bekymra sig om huruvida det talades eller tegs och han bidrog sällan till konversationen, utom med en eller annan anmärkning, hvars kyliga hån oftast gjorde henne ondt. Gång efter annan föresatte hon sig att upphöra med dessa öppenhjertiga skildringar af sitt eget lif; men alltid greps hon i sista stund, när tystnaden hotade att bli tryckande, af en egendomlig ångest, som gjorde att hon andlöst kastade sig öfver ett ämne, det första som föll henne
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