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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.
till mötes från hans väsen och hon märkte hur hon sjelf krympte samman dervid; det var som om alla de fina trådar, genom hvilka hon för så kort tid sedan kunde förnimma hans tankar och känslor bulta mot sitt eget hjerta, nu med ens blifvit afklippta.-- På eftermiddagen måste han resa igen. Det hade icke vexlats ett förtroligt ord mellan de tre under detta misslyckade möte; men modern, som kände hvarje linie i hans ansigte hade sett smärtan bakom de bleka, beherskade dragen. De båda kvinnorna hade följt honom till tåget. Och medan de långsamt gingo från stationen satt bilden af detta bleka ansigte med de sammanpressade läpparne som inbränd i moderns hjerna. Den unga flickan talade och skrattade hela vägen med nervös liflighet; hon berättade lustiga anekdoter om Lund, orden jagade hvarandra i feberaktig hast, som var hon ängslig att tiga stilla en sekund; och moderns läppar drogo sig alltsomoftast till ett själlöst, mekaniskt leende, men inom henne reste det sig en brännande bitterhet emot denna unga kvinna, som kunde skratta och skämta som om ingenting
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