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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 tomt på kafé Oriental. Som bleka skuggor gledo uppassarna av och an i korridorernas skymning. Hall kastade sig halvliggande på en av de breda, låga sofforna, vilkas brokiga österländska vävnader gåvo rummen deras prägel av haremsgemak. Tomas Weber tog plats i en karmstol av flätad halm. Solljuset strömmande in i en bred, guldgul flod genom fönstrets mångfärgade glas med dess gula liljor och röda tulpaner. Tystnaden drömde under taklisternas arabesker. -- Har du något att röka? frågade Tomas. Hall tog upp sitt cigarrettfodral. Vinet kom in. Man såg på vippningen av kyparens frackskört, att det var någonting mycket dyrt. Tomas hade fått en del pengar av sin far med anledning av sin examen, och han hade ingen högre önskan än att göra slut på dem. Tomas Weber hade ett öppet ansikte med blå ögon och ljusbrunt, bakåtstruket hår. Den rätt stora och likväl fint skurna munnen uttryckte ett kraftigt begär att taga för sig av vad livet kunde bjuda. Han var spensligt byggd och något under medellängd. -- Vet du vad, Hall -- jag träffade Märta Brehm i går afton, hos Mortimers. Vi talade med varandra nästan hela kvällen om något som jag
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