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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.
spänning, sådan man erfar inför en gåta man ej kan gissa, men som tyckes så ofantligt enkel, eller ett ord, som man icke kan finna men som hela tiden leker på tungan. Så till sist stod det der, klart och tydligt, som när ett ljus tändes. Det var således skälet och det var detta hon instinktlikt hade känt. »Hon törs inte gå med till en så erkändt omoralisk ung herre», hade herr Wahlberg sagt. På skämt--förstås--men der låg allvar på bottnen. Hon tänkte på den skildring af unge mäns lif, som hon nyss hade läst. Han hade ju sjelf sagt, att den kunde vara hans egen bekännelse. Hon hade icke föreställt sig att han var något slags helgon; hon hade nog trott att han i det fallet lefde ungefärligen som andra unge män och ändå hade hon visst idealiserat honom. Hon hade aldrig tänkt sig att han kunde draga detta smutsiga in i sitt hem. Hon förstod icke hur hon kunnat vara så naiv. Hvarför skulle de icke komma hem till honom? De kommo ju till andra. Hvad skäl hade hon att tro honom vara så mycket mer finkänslig än de andre? Hon var ursinnig på sig sjelf. Hvarför skulle
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