02217cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000340011324000290014724500220017626400510019830000470024933600260029633700260032233800360034850000310038450800190041552011950043453400570162965300170168665300180170365300550172170000290177685600430180599900190184876729UtSlPG20260610134757.0mcr n260607r20251913utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aPT1 aBenedix, Roderich,d1811-187314aDie Dienstboten. Finnish10aPalvelusväkeä 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2025-08-25 aTapio Riikonen a"Palvelusväkeä : Yksinäytöksinen huvinäytelmä by Roderich Benedix" is a one-act comedic play, most akin to a light social farce, likely written in the late 19th century. Set entirely in a manor house kitchen, it explores the lives of servants—flirtations, jealousy, gossip, and superstition—leading to a sudden stroke of luck that reshapes their futures. In the kitchen bustle, maid Hanna and stablehand Pekka are engaged, but the bookkeeper Aukusti flirts with Hanna, provoking the spiteful jealousy of the lady’s maid Anna. Slander travels upstairs: Pekka is summarily dismissed (under the pretext of a lame horse), and Hanna is fired for supposed impropriety. Ristiina the cook, guided by a vivid dream, splits a raffle ticket with Hanna; soon Reetta brings news that their ticket has won a major prize. Fortune reverses the injustice: Pekka and Hanna can now marry and start a life of their own, while the steady coachman Juronen—long prudent and patient—proposes to Ristiina, and they plan to open a well-run eatery. Amid banter and quick turns, camaraderie and chance triumph over malice and class-bound pettiness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) pOriginally published:cHelsinki: Kust.Oy Kirja, 1913 aComedy plays aOne-act plays aGerman drama (Comedy) -- Translations into Finnish1 aPiirinen, E.,d1869-194940uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76729 c117454d117454