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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.
Det låg i hela deras hållning, deras sätt att tala till hvarandra och se på hvarandra: förtroligheten var borta. Det var som om småstadsluften omkring dem lagt sig tryckande öfver deras väsen; här satt skvallret på lur i hvarje vrå, och medvetandet derom födde ängslan och beklämning. Hennes hjerta drog sig ihop som lefvande kött i stark frost. Det hade alltså ingenting varit mellan dem! Ingenting annat än hvad de sjelfve kallade en stämning, som strök förbi och försvann; en lek med det heligaste i lifvet. Det var en drifhusplanta som hon vårdat och älskat och knutit sina förhoppningar vid; den hade vissnat så snart den flyttades ut i kallare jord; en såpbubbla som glimmat i eldskenet från kaminen, men som icke tålt dagens nyktra ljus.--För minnet hägrade ännu dess granna färger, medan hon satt och stirrade ut i tomheten. Blytung och svart skulle denna tomhet breda sig ut öfver hennes lif. Det var icke blott det, att förhållandet mellan de unge slagit så djupa rötter i hennes eget inre; men instinkten sade henne att brytningen skulle sätta ett märke i sonens själ, som all hennes modersömhet icke
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