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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.
bildnings-trappsteg, som de menniskor hon häruppe umgicks med. Till modern hade Alma slutit sig med blind tillit och oinskränkt tillgifvenhet. Det fans så mycket näring för hennes fåfänga i den vänskap, med hvilken hon omfattades af den mognade, allvarliga kvinnan, som hade ett berömdt namn och som hon sjelf beundrade. Och till denna kvinna kunde hon säga allt utan fruktan för att bli missförstådd, ty modern älskade redan detta lilla blonda hufvud med samma häftiga intensitet, med hvilken hon älskade sin son--älskade det på godt och ondt, med alla dess fel och alla dess svagheter. Men hon såg både felen och svagheterna, ty Alma, som hade en rent instinktslik förnimmelse af säkerhet gentemot denna kvinna, som ville henne väl, gjorde aldrig minsta försök att dölja de små skuggsidorna i sin karakter. Hon visste ju ändå, att inför denna djupa tillgifvenhet skulle de intet betyda. Fru Zimmermann märkte hennes brist på vilja, hennes ostadighet, den småstadsöfverlägsenhet med hvilken hon här sökte framställa sin omgifning och sitt dagliga lif i Malmö och Lund. Men allt föll till intet inför det enda, stora medvetandet: att hon var den kvinna hennes
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