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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.
Hon trodde nu också, att Hedström hade rätt: denna kyliga skepsis, detta forceradt hånfulla i hans väsen var endast ett yttre skal, bakom hvilket han förskansade sig för att skydda ett ömhudadt och blödigt sinne emot lifvets nålstyng. Men detta skal hoppades hon så småningom få att smälta genom värmen af sin tillgifvenhet. Hon led så oändligt af att se honom sådan han var, utan tro, utan lifsintresse och utan medelpunkt. Hvad hon trodde sig ha funnit som det centrala i hans karakter ingaf henne den djupaste aktning och glädje. Då och då kunde det skymta fram i deras dagliga samlif, liksom af ovarsamhet, hur rättänkande och finkänslig han var, en själsaristokrat som slöt sig inom sig sjelf i oåtkomlig förnämhet; hon trodde så fast på hans begåfning och hon greps af en andlös förtviflan vid tanken på, att alla dessa rika möjligheter skulle vissna bort af brist på glädje och sol. Om han bara kunde bli glad, om han en gång kunde bli riktigt glad, ända ned i hjerterötterna; det var den fixa idé kring hvilken hennes tankar ständigt fladdrade. Men han kom och gick, dag ut och dag in och der märktes ingen
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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.
– Virginia Woolf
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– Gustave Flaubert
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