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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.
son älskade--och som älskade hennes son. Då och då kunde väl en misstanke vakna inom henne om halten af hennes känslor; hon var icke blind för att den unga flickan i sitt tal när det gällde William inlade en ängslig reservation, som om hon alltid ville hålla sig en bakport öppen; men modern kväfde sjelf denna misstanke, som ofin och ovärdig. Hon såg ju hvarje dag hur lyckliga de voro; och i Almas smekningar fans det ingen reservation. För öfrigt fans den icke heller i allt som gällde de två kvinnornas inbördes förhållande. Den unga tycktes vara så uppriktig, så tacksam, så full af tillgifvenhet. Det såg nästan ut som om hennes tillgifvenhet för modern var mera djup än hennes kärlek till sonen och en gång gick hon så långt, att hon anförtrodde modern sina tvifvel på Williams framtid, talade misströstande ord om att han intet kunde uträtta som konstnär och författare. Då kände modern för första gång hur något främmande och kallt smög sig in mellan dem. Men det varade icke länge. När William kom, slog sina armar kring dem båda och kysste moderns panna, då var det alldeles som struket bort.-- Och tiden svann; det kom en afton i början af april som var den sista;
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