
audiobook
Produced by Tuula Temonen and Tapio Riikonen
RAUTATIE JA HAUTUUMAA YNNÄ MUITA KERTOMUKSIA
SISÄLLYS:
RAUTATIE JA HAUTUUMAA
VOIKKO
THROND
ISÄ
KOTKANPESÄ
USKOLLISUUS
ELÄMÄN-ARVOITUS
In a tightly knit Norwegian valley, a wiry man named Knut Aakre rises from modest farmer roots to become the driving force behind local education and civic life. With a voracious love of books, he turns his home into a makeshift school, a library, and a meeting place for anyone eager to learn reading, arithmetic, or the Constitution. His partnerships—with the scholarly traveler Henrik Vergeland, who supplies texts and seeds, and with the steady‑minded neighbour Lars Högstad, who becomes his trusted sounding board—turn the modest parish into a surprisingly cultured community.
When the municipal council gathers to debate a controversial development—mixing a new railway line with a burial ground—the discussion reveals the fragile balance between progress and tradition. Knut, ever the diplomat, masks his own reservations behind courteous questions, while Lars’s simple assent surprises everyone, hinting at hidden currents beneath the surface. Listeners are invited to watch how these modest heroes navigate authority, friendship, and the looming changes that could reshape their world.
Language
fi
Duration
~2 hours (148K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2018-11-23
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1832–1910
A giant of 19th-century Norwegian literature, his novels, plays, and poems helped shape modern Norway. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1903 and was known as a writer who brought public debate and national feeling into his work.
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