Veljekset

audiobook

Veljekset

by Arvid Järnefelt

FI·~11 hours·21 chapters

Chapters

21 total
1

Produced by Tapio Riikonen

0:01
2

VELJEKSET

0:04
3

ENSIMÄINEN OSA - I LUKU.

48:18
4

II LUKU.

19:52
5

III LUKU.

34:13
6

IV LUKU.

1:23:29
7

V LUKU.

5:42
8

— O'.

2:24:09
9

TOINEN OSA. - I LUKU.

16:29
10

II LUKU.

1:22:33

Description

Henrik lives on the ragged edge of a bustling capital, where jagged stone walls give way to a restless sea that roars beyond the city’s limits. His modest wooden home is crowded with a bustling household: a stout matriarch in a speckled dress, her lively red‑haired daughters, a lumbering brother with heavy boots, and the occasional visitor whose presence is as confusing as the cramped rooms they occupy. The cramped foyer, the uneven doors that constantly clash, and a precariously balanced table covered in lace and a flickering lamp create a sense of perpetual unease.

Within these cramped walls, Henrik feels both drawn to and trapped by his surroundings. The sea’s endless thunder mirrors his growing melancholy, while memories of a lost home surface whenever he eyes the old‑fashioned table that dominates the room. Determined to escape the claustrophobic rhythm of daily life, he plans to leave after the current term ends, hoping the distant horizon might offer a quieter peace.

Details

Full title

Veljekset Romaani

Language

fi

Duration

~11 hours (658K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2006-04-03

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Arvid Järnefelt

Arvid Järnefelt

1861–1932

A Finnish writer, judge, and social thinker, he is remembered for bringing moral urgency and everyday realism into his fiction. His life was shaped by a turn away from official status and toward the spiritual and social ideals that mattered most to him.

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