02395cam a22002893u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000300011324500200014326400510016330000470021433600260026133700260028733800360031350000310034950800700038052015120045053400640196265300360202685600430206277459UtSlPG20260610134808.0mcr n260607r20251914utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aPH1 aHalme, Kaarle,d1864-194610aValkoinen hirvi 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-12-14  aJuhani Kärkkäinen, Johanna Kankaanpää, and Tapio Riikonen  aValkoinen hirvi by Kaarle Halme is a novel written in the early 20th century. It likely traces a sharp, witty contrast between urbane Helsinki life and the pull of the countryside through Valle Valtiala, a celebrated journalist whose impulsive involvement with Regina, an architect’s wife, collides with labor unrest at his inherited estate. Expect social satire, psychological nuance, and tensions between vanity, desire, and responsibility.

The opening follows Valle through a radiant September Helsinki, establishing him as a wealthy, admired city-dweller who disdains travel and avoids his rural estate. At a lively dinner celebrating architect Helomaa, Regina’s charged glances and a daring private toast culminate in an impulsive escape and kisses in an automobile—after which Valle is overcome by shame and skips Regina’s name-day party. In cafés and on crowded streets he dodges probing friends, then a telegram reports tenant unrest at his estate, pushing him to flee the city with a ready-made excuse. He spends an evening deflecting insinuations among colleagues, announces his surprising trip, and departs at dawn. On the train his thoughts seesaw between relief and unease as he fixates on an elegant unknown young woman in his carriage, observing her with a blend of aesthetic scrutiny and self-consciousness. The section closes with the journey underway and Valle still suspended between scandal left behind and uncertain duties ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cHämeenlinna: Arvi A. Karisto, 1914  aFinnish fiction -- 20th century40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77459