02305cam a22003013u 4500 77087 UtSlPG 20260610134803.0 m cr n 260607r20251925utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fi iso639-1 PH Halme, Kaarle, 1864-1946 Kyläraittien kuningas Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-10-19 Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen "Kyläraittien kuningas : Satakuntalainen kertomus" by Kaarle Halme is a regional novel written in the early 20th century. It portrays early-19th-century village life in Satakunta—youth games, ritualized brawls, and strict honor codes—through the rise of Laikan Otto, a celebrated strongman from Loukkula. Key figures include the mild Parrilan Iisu, the spirited Anna of Kervilä, the jealous Hoijalan Esa, and the formidable Jarttu brothers, as rivalries, courtship, and community pride collide. The opening of the novel sets the scene after Finland’s shift from Sweden to Russia, showing how a remote parish awakens to new energies: villages built close together, traditions of fist-only scuffles, and Loukkula’s sway over local order. We meet Otto, whose prowess forces him to hold back to preserve peace, until the Helka bonfire night when he wins a lively chase game beside a clay pit and later intervenes in a mass brawl, thwarting Esa’s stone attack on Jarttu Kalle and dispersing the crowd while imposing social penalties. As Midsummer nears, Anna and her friend Eeva prepare a secret cooking place, but a downpour ruins the festivities; meanwhile, Esa plots revenge with Kiepsa Apsa, blocking the loft door where Anna shelters. Otto turns up with the girls’ cooking gear amid the storm, and the scene closes with an uneasy sense that something is wrong. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Helsinki: Otava, 1925 Finnish fiction -- 20th century https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77087 117809 117809