Yhteiskunnan uhri : Eräs elämäntarina

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Yhteiskunnan uhri : Eräs elämäntarina

by Anna Mathilda Cecilia Johannesdotter Johansson

FI·~59 minutes·12 chapters

Chapters

12 total

YHTEISKUNNAN UHRI

0:03

A. M. JOHANNESDOTTER

0:04

ALKUPERÄISEN TEOKSEN ALKULAUSE

4:04

I.

5:25

II.

8:20

III.

5:11

IV.

6:22

V.

6:17

VI.

9:41

VII.

5:59

Description

A fragile collection of handwritten papers, rescued from a young man who died of consumption in a remote village, forms the heart of this listening experience. The manuscript was assembled by a friend who found the author’s “paper treasures” after his death—a scatter of personal notes, confessions and a modest testament. The narrator begins his story on a Christmas Eve, reaching back to the first warm memories of his grandmother’s modest lakeside cottage, where as a two‑year‑old he watched passersby nod kindly at the window he lingered in.

The voice is raw and uneven, reflecting the solitude of a prison cell where the reflections were penned over several years. Yet the prose captures a vivid picture of a life spent on society’s margins, a quiet yearning for kindness, and an earnest attempt to make sense of a harsh destiny. Listeners are invited into the intimate world of a forgotten soul, whose simple recollections echo larger questions about poverty, memory and the human need to be heard.

Details

Language

fi

Duration

~59 minutes (56K characters)

Release date

2026-05-17

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Anna Mathilda Cecilia Johannesdotter Johansson

Anna Mathilda Cecilia Johannesdotter Johansson

1877–1906

A Swedish writer whose brief life became the source of two stark autobiographical books about poverty, exploitation, and life on the margins in turn-of-the-century Stockholm. Her work survives as a rare first-person voice from a world that was usually described by others, not by the women who lived it.

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