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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.
individ.» Det var några fattiga ord som för en annan skulle varit utan betydelse; men för henne blef det krisen, som kom hennes stämning att slå öfver. Bitterhet, oro, missmod, allt var med ens struket bort. Hon såg på det yttrandet, vände det och log mot det som om det varit en bukett rosor, hon fått. Arbeta samman med honom, höra hans stämma hvarenda dag, tänka blott för honom och hoppas för honom! Nu var hon lycklig igen med samma intensitet, under hvilken hon nyss vred sig i förtviflan--detta häftiga och omedelbara uppgående i det närvarande, som var hennes djupa, koleriska naturs egendomlighet. Hon följde honom med ögonen der han gick af och an i rummet, smekte honom med blicken och lyssnade efter hvarje hans ord som var det on återgäldad smekning. Han talade med sin egen röst och den var dämpad och vek, med mjuka öfvergångar--så olik den affekteradt tillspetsade, som var inlärd, för att stämma med den blaserade masken och tolka hans lifs-jargon. Han talade om den unga flickan. Hon hade bestämt sig för att stanna i Stockholm en tid och han bad modern taga sig af henne. »Det skall jag gerna, om du vill det.»--De sista orden hade en
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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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