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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.

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Modern
Det blef ett riktigt trefligt litet kafferep, alldeles i fru Zimmermanns
smak. Der var en frihet från tvång, som verkade behaglig. Hon märkte att
hennes närvaro icke  minsta sätt utöfvade något tryck  sällskapet
och detta gaf åt hennes sätt en uppsluppenhet, som hon icke känt 
mycket länge.

»Hvad du är vid godt humör i kvällsade sonen.

»Det käns  skönt att  vara menniska», svarade hon. »Det här är ju
nästan icke som om det vore Stockholm».

»Jag kan inte fatta att det kan vara din mor, gamle», sade
konstkritikern till William.

»Naturligtvis», replikerade Wille godlynt. »Det hör ju inte till ditt
fack.»

»Nej, men det är också ett fenomen, att en gubbe har en  ung mor.»

»Hvar har ni er fru?», frågade fru Zimmermann herr Hedström. Han såg en
smula förlägen ut. »Hon är hemma, sade han till sist!»

»Hon törs inte  med till en  erkändt omoralisk ung herre, som Wille
Zimmermann», upplyste herr Wahlberg.

»Åh--törs...» protesterade herr Hedström saktmodigt, men man kunde se 
honom att den andre träffat hufvudet  spiken.--

Hänpå aftonen följdes hela sällskapet åt till Grands grop, der man
superade. Och klockan var nära tolf när fru Zimmermann, eskorterad af
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– Virginia Woolf

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– Gustave Flaubert

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