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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.
och stirrade ut genom fönstret öfver det förbiilande landskapet, der dimmorna började skingras som spöken för den gryende solen. Då hon vände blicken inåt igen såg hon från den motsatta soffan ett par ögon som betraktade henne. Dessa ögon tittade fram ur ett hvitt och fett ansigte utan uttryck; men ögonen sjelfva hade ett uttryck af godhet. »Det går inte att sofva?» »Nej.» De två reskamraterna komma i samspråk. Den blekfeta kvinnan var en fru från Malmö och samtalsämnet var gifvet då det visade sig att hon kände Alma Hagberg. Hon talade om henne som småstädernas firade dansdocka, dröjde med ogillande vid hennes emanciperade idéer och hennes fallenhet för kurtis, berättade till sist med diskret förtrolighet att hon ändå, med alla sina fel och brister, skulle komma, att göra ett alldeles ovanligt godt parti. Hon var nemligen hemligt förlofvad med en grosshandlare i Malmö--en smula fet, men annars en ovanligt hygglig karl... Fru Zimmermann hörde på med en känsla af invärtes raseri. Hon trodde icke på allt det lösa skvallret, men från dess bakgrund lyfte det sig med ens upp emot henne ett ansigte som hon tyckte sig känna. Hvarifrån? Jo, nu mindes hon det: det första ofördelaktiga intrycket af den unga
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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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