02437cam a22002893u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000300011324500190014326400510016230000470021333600260026033700260028633800360031250000310034850800340037952016090041353400460202265300360206885600430210475748UtSlPG20260610134743.0mcr n260607r20251915utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aPH1 aTalvio, Maila,d1871-195110aNiniven lapset 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-03-30  aAnna Siren and Tapio Riikonen  a"Niniven lapset: Romaani" by Maila Talvio is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the Ståhle family, who relocate from their rural estate to a vibrant, unnamed city in hopes of seeking new opportunities and social advancement. The core of the narrative tracks the family's adaptation to urban life, their ambitions, and their attempts to find a place in higher society, focusing especially on the varied aspirations and personalities of the parents and their children. The book explores themes of class mobility, generational conflict, and the allure and risk of modern city life.  The opening of the novel introduces the Ståhle family as they awaken on their first morning in the city, having just left their long-time rural estate for an urban apartment. The father, a former landowner and minor official, is filled with a new energy and hope for enjoyment, while his practical wife maintains a cautious outlook. Their children—two practical daughters, and two sons with uncertain futures—are shown adjusting in different ways, with special attention to their dreams, doubts, and the family's intertwined ambitions. A family friend, Bernhard Blundh, soon enters the scene, promising connections to influential city circles and the prospect of profitable ventures. The opening also shifts perspective to the bustling social world of the city, focusing on writers, publishers, and businessmen whose paths cross at the Minerva restaurant, hinting at the networks and machinations shaping the fate of the Ståhle family. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cPorvoo: WSOY, 1915  aFinnish fiction -- 20th century40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75748