
Produced by Tapio Riikonen
ENSIMÄINEN LUKU.
TOINEN LUKU.
KOLMAS LUKU.
NELJÄS LUKU.
VIIDES LUKU.
KUUDES LUKU.
SEITSEMÄS LUKU.
KAHDEKSAS LUKU.
YHDEKSÄS LUKU.
The story opens on a bustling Finnish harbor in the summer of 1879, where a steamship is being readied for its final voyage to America. Families load suitcases, livestock, and hope onto the vessel as coal smoke curls over the dock. Among them are a young couple with a small son and a restless girl named Marit, whose uneasy gaze follows the departing hull. When the ship’s whistle blows, a local man named Tore is asked to watch over Marit, hinting at simmering tension.
Marit’s panic bursts as she darts from the dock, sprinting up the steep embankment and into the meadow, clutching at grass for balance. Tore hesitates, torn between his duty and her desperation, while the crowd watches and the ship’s horn sounds again, urging boarding. The scene captures raw fear and the pressure of leaving home for an uncertain future, inviting listeners into a vivid slice of immigrant life where a single choice can alter a family’s fate.
Language
fi
Duration
~2 hours (146K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2007-10-16
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1841–1917
A major Norwegian writer of the late 19th century, he wrote poems, stories, and plays shaped by folk life, faith, and social ideals. He was also a preacher and reformer whose work reached readers on both sides of the Atlantic.
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