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Förvillelser
by Hjalmar Söderberg
Förvillelser is a novel by Hjalmar Söderberg, published in 1895. It is a psychological novel that explores the themes of love, jealousy, and the human condition. The novel is considered to be a part of Söderberg’s late, naturalistic period.
-- Det var avskyvärt tråkigt, förklarade Tomas trovärdigt. Jag längtade därifrån hela tiden... Märta knep ihop ögonen som hon brukade och smålog oskyldigt maliciöst, som om hon icke trodde honom mer än jämnt. Märta Brehm var aderton år. Hennes vidjeslanka gestalt var smal som en sextonårings, men linjernas mjuka, självmedvetet avvägda lek jävade likväl icke hennes ålder. Hon hade en krämvit klänning med långa, vida tyllärmar, i vilka de späda jungfrulemmarnas böjningar och sträckningar skymtade drömlikt frestande. Kring halsen hade hon en helt liten urringning; i skärpet och i det blekbruna håret bar hon violer. Bordeauxn serverades, och de stötte leende sina glas tillsammans. Mitt emot dem sutto Hall och Greta. Greta hade sin porslinsklänning, som hon kallade den; det var en ljus, blommig sommarklänning i ett blått och vitt mönster, som erinrade om gammalt porslin. Hon hade i början en ansträngt städad min och kastade då och då en skygg blick på en stor, blekgrön orkidé, som Hall hade i knapphålet, och vars underliga former nästan skrämde henne. Den tycktes henne likna ett levande djur mera än en blomma, något sällsynt och ljusskyggt vattendjur, som nyss blivit uppfiskat ur havets grönaste
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