
audiobook
by Aukusti Edvard Korhonen, Sakari Ruotsalo
KUKA NYT VÄVYKSI?
AUKUSTI KORHONEN
HENKILÖT:
ENSIMMÄINEN NÄYTÖS.
A lively snapshot of provincial life unfolds in a bustling household where ambition and gossip collide. The blacksmith’s home teems with visitors—from a hopeful lieutenant to a self‑assured chambermaid—each eager to make a good impression. Amid clattering tools, polished mirrors, and fragrant palm leaves, the characters barter compliments and expectations, revealing a world where status is as much a performance as a position.
The witty banter and rapid‑fire exchanges give the play a breezy, almost theatrical rhythm, while the underlying currents of social aspiration and family pride keep the audience hooked. As the daughter returns from Helsinki and the townsfolk plot a suitable match, the stage becomes a microcosm of early‑20th‑century Finnish society, where tradition meets the desire for upward mobility. Listeners will enjoy the colorful personalities and the charm of a community poised on the brink of change, all set within a single, vividly described room.
Language
fi
Duration
~56 minutes (54K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Tapio Riikonen
Release date
2021-01-11
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
1848–1874
A short-lived Finnish writer and stage pioneer, he is remembered for a lively comic play that still circulates in digital libraries. His career was brief, but it belonged to the early years of Finnish-language theatre.
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A Finnish schoolteacher turned playwright, he wrote lively comedies and farces that found humor in everyday social ambitions and misunderstandings. His surviving plays suggest a sharp eye for village life and the small deceptions people tell themselves and each other.
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