02487cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000300011324500280014326400510017130000470022233600260026933700260029533800360032149000220035750000310037950800190041052015280042953400570195765300170201465300340203183000220206585600430208799900190213077122UtSlPG20260610134803.0mcr n260607r20251912utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aPH1 aHalme, Kaarle,d1864-194610aMaisteri Pöllökorpi 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aMulta-aatelia III  aRelease date is 2025-10-25  aTapio Riikonen  a"Maisteri Pöllökorpi" by Kaarle Halme is a comedic play written in the early 20th century. Set on a Finnish rural estate, it satirizes the self-styled “multa-aateli” as a pompous maisteri bungles his farm while his blustering brother Esa plots a lucrative match. Romantic schemes and class pretensions collide among Kalle, his jealous fiancée Saara, the quick-tongued servant Maiju, opportunist Freckstedt, and the wealthy Maiju Taivaloja—under the shadow of debts and a disastrously managed stable. Expect brisk farce fueled by identity mix-ups, social climbing, and rapid-fire quips.

The opening of the play sets the farmhouse in motion: servant Maiju’s flirtatious scuffle with Kalle sparks Saara’s fury, while Esa pushes a hasty reconciliation to shield his own courtship plans; meanwhile the maisteri’s ineptitude shows when a prized horse dies and a large note looms. Freckstedt, fishing for a rich bride, blunders into courting the wrong Maiju and even proclaims a mock engagement. Act II heightens the muddle when an order to send “Maiju” to the station sends the servant off instead, stoking Saara’s suspicions as money woes and quarrels intensify. At the start of Act III, Esa’s meddling backfires when Saara throws herself on his neck before witnesses—including the intended heiress—earning him a public rebuff even as Saara and Kalle make up, and the scene breaks with Esa bribing the servant Maiju to help contain the mounting chaos. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cHelsinki: Kust.Oy Kirja, 1912  aComedy plays  aFinnish drama -- 20th century 0aMulta-aatelia III40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77122  c117844d117844