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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.
innanför rockslaget, med kinden mot hans mjuka sammetsväst, medan han sakta smekte henne med sin hand. »Det käns så lugnt och tryggt», sade hon. Lugn och trygghet, det var hennes lifsideal. Starka känslor och våldsamma själsrörelser fruktade hon. Denna lilla bräckliga jolle var icke bygd till att trotsa stormar och hög sjö, utan till att ligga kedjad vid en hvitmålad liten båtbrygga i en solbelyst vik. Hon var aldrig varm, endast ljum. Hon gaf honom aldrig sjelfmant en smekning men öfverlemnade sig viljelöst åt det lilla behag hon kände då han tog dem. Han skämtade ofta öfver hennes kyla, kallade henne för sitt lilla isblock, sin snömamsell m.m. Hon skrattade och upprepade hvad hon sagt så ofta förr: »Jag håller inte af dig». Men det var just detta som drog honom. Han drömde om att smälta detta isblock, att värma hennes ljumhet, att få henne att älska fullt och helt. »Det kommer jag aldrig att göra», sade hon. »Inte dig.» Han talade med henne om allt, öppet och fritt som en intelligent man kan tala till en intelligent kvinna utan att det blir stötande eller ofint. Han ville göra henne till en fullt medveten varelse--»till
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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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