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UOTILAN ISÄNTÄ - RIKOSJUTTU SUOMESTA
ESIPUHE TOISEEN PAINOKSEEN.
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Uotila stands alone beside a dusty main road, its red‑painted double‑storey walls framed by dense pine and spruce. Once a proud estate, it now hums with the modest rhythms of a tenant farmer and the few hands that tend the land. Lauri, thirty‑year‑old heir, lives with his diligent wife Leena, whose day begins before dawn and ends long after sunset, keeping the cattle healthy and the household orderly.
Beneath the quiet routine, the local folklore whispers of a grim incident that occurred sixty years earlier, a crime that still casts a shadow over the surrounding farms. As Lauri and Leena navigate their responsibilities, strangers arrive and old grudges surface, suggesting that the past may be reaching out to interfere with their present. The story follows the couple’s attempts to maintain stability while the mystery of the old wrongdoing begins to stir uneasy questions about trust and justice in the tight‑knit community.
Language
fi
Duration
~2 hours (134K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2007-04-11
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1840–1914
A Finnish writer, journalist, and art historian who moved easily between storytelling and cultural history. His work ranged from fiction and travel writing to studies of medieval church art in Finland.
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