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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.
känslighet för allt som var lågt och oskönt icke stöttes tillbaka af denna brist på finhet, som var bokens hufvudegenskap. Men han hade svarat att råheten var forcerad som en hysterisk kvinnas skratt; den rymde en så gränslös smärta och en så hjelplös förtviflan. Hon kunde icke förstå det. Men hon förstod att denna bok var som en sista bikt af en menniska, som gått under och hon ryste till vid tanken på att denne mans lifsöde också skulle bli hennes sons. Detta toma, förslappande ur-famn i-famn, med köpta smekningar, utan en gnista af något mer än det, som flammade upp för stunden och som slocknade utan att lemna efter sig ett solgrand värme.-- Den 9:de November var det Williams födelsedag. Modern hade på en af sina promenader fått syn på en vacker pappersknif, till formen som en dolk med en spetsig och blank stålklinga och ett handtag af cicelerad brons. Hon visste att William hade en viss svaghet för blankt stål; han ådagalade bland annat en rörande omsorg om sin pennknif, hvilken aldrig låntes bort och som alltid polerades noggrannt för hvarje gång den begagnats; hon hade så ofta sett honom sitta och
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