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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.
natur, af harmen och smärtan och afskyn och medlidandet; och hon vred sig under sin oförmåga att öfverföra något af sitt eget, röda, sydländska blod i denna månskensvarelse så att hon kunde få känna hvad det var att älska. »Kan icke din stämning vexla?»--Hon valde med afsigt just det uttryck som hon afskydde mest af alla, det var som om hon dervid ville sänka sig ner till dens nivå, som hon talade med. »Nej. Det vet jag att den aldrig gör. Om han vill att det skall vara som förr skall jag bara känna afsmak för honom liksom för de andre.» Den unga flickan reste sig upp och räckte fram handen till afsked. De stodo en stund och sågo hvarandra in i ögonen; vemodet hade trängt bitterheten tillbaka. »Det är så underligt att jag nu skall skilja på er två», sade modern. »Och det smärtar mig så mycket mer som du just nu behöfde mig allra bäst.» De stora, sjögröna ögongloberna blefvo fulla af tårar; den unga stirrade upp i det stränga ansigtet som hade hon icke förr än nu förstått, hvad det betydde att de skulle skiljas. »Ja», hviskade hon. »_Nu_ behöfde jag dig just.» Den gamla kvinnan strök öfver hennes hår med sin hand. Sitt medlidande
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