Haaksirikko: Suomalainen perustuskielinen Taru

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Haaksirikko: Suomalainen perustuskielinen Taru

by Niilo Aejmelaeus

FI·~1 hours

Chapters

Description

A bright summer morning in a Finnish countryside village opens the tale, where the air is crisp and the fields sway under a gentle sun. We meet Lowisa, the parish maid admired for her beauty, honesty and neatness, and the boisterous farmer Pellinen, whose reputation for heavy drinking and coarse humor precedes him. Their world is filled with lively chatter, rustic customs, and the everyday hopes of peasants who speak in a charming, old‑fashioned dialect.

Lowisa’s quiet dignity draws both admiration and envy, especially when Pellinen’s crude advances threaten to upend her modest life. As gossip spreads through the fields and the tavern, the tension between personal integrity and societal pressure begins to mount, hinting at choices that could reshape relationships in the close‑knit community. Listeners are invited to step into this vivid slice of 19th‑century rural Finland, feeling the warmth of the sun and the undercurrents of desire that stir beneath its calm surface.

Details

Language

fi

Duration

~1 hours (108K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Tuula Temonen

Release date

2021-08-08

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Niilo Aejmelaeus

Niilo Aejmelaeus

1812–1854

A Finnish priest, teacher, and writer, he belonged to a notable literary family and lived during a period of growing Finnish-language culture. His life was short, but he remains part of the 19th-century world of Finnish religious and literary history.

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