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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.
samvetsförebråelse. Då han vid åttatiden på julaftonen kom in i sin mors salong tycktes han vara vid ännu sämre lynne än vanligt. Det på en gång vresiga och sarkastiska uttrycket, som en tid varit så märkbart mildradt, låg nu åter öfver hans drag. Hon såg det genast. Hon hade vid hans inträde kastat en forskande blick på hans ansigte och sökte nu med lugn och undfallenhet bringa honom i jemnvigt igen. Det var en öfverenskommelse dem emellan att de icke skulle ge hvarandra julklappar. Det var hans vilkor. Han visste med sig, att han aldrig skulle kunna ge igen tiondedelen af allt hvad det kunde falla hennes moderskärlek in att skänka honom derför ville han heller ingenting mottaga och ingenting ge. Också i detta fall var det hans ensidiga lifserfarenhet, som förvillade hans naturliga känsla. Han hade sett så mycket af den snikna, egoistiska gifmildheten, som girigt skelar efter hvad den får igen. Att det också fans en annan gifmildhet, som har sin rot i glädjen öfver att få ge visste han, som sagdt, icke. Han anade icke att han med sitt vilkor på ett brutalt sätt ryckt det bästa i
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