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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.
kan liknas vid det äckel jag känner vid mig sjelf, mitt inre är som en afrättsplats full af de dödas ben. Jag ville älska, jag längtar så brännande derefter; men jag kan icke.» * * * * * Morgonen hade kommit. Solen sken in genom båda fönstren i Alma Hagbergs lilla boudoar, genom den lätta väfnaden af brokig vitrin, kastande ett dämpadt ljus öfver alla föremål. Detta rum var öfverhopadt af små lyxartiklar, terracotta-statyetter, fotografier och makartbuketter--allt hvad man kan få köpa för billigt pris i de stora städerna och som här i detta lilla småstadskrypin gällde för gedigen prakt. Under en stor, kinesisk parasoll stod ett litet skrifbord inkiladt i ett hörn. Tamburklockan pinglade och strax derefter släpptes en ung herre in. »Jag ska' säga till fröken strax», sade pigan, som öppnat. »De äta frukost derinne.» »För all del bed fröken inte göra sig brådtom; jag kan godt vänta.» Den unge mannen blef ensam i rummet och han såg sig omkring med ett slags vördnadsfull nyfikenhet, han gick från möbel till möbel,
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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.
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– Gustave Flaubert
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