02186cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000300011324000400014324500220018326400510020530000470025633600260030333700260032933800360035550000310039150800180042252012540044053400710169465300480176570000160181385600430182977639UtSlPG20260610134811.0mcr n260607r20261928utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aPT1 aWerfel, Franz,d1890-194514aDer Tod des Kleinbürgers. Finnish10aKuoleman voittaja 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2026-01-07  aTuula Temonen  a"Kuoleman voittaja" by Franz Werfel is a novel written in the early 20th century. It centers on Karl Fiala, an aging former imperial doorman in postwar Vienna, whose fragile pride and fear of destitution collide with illness, family strain, and a dubious life‑insurance promise. Likely themes include mortality, social decline, and the small illusions that sustain dignity, as Fiala struggles to secure a future for his wife and epileptic son.

The opening of the novel sketches the Fialas’ cramped life on the city’s margins: Karl clings to relics of his lost status, Marie tends the home, her caustic sister Klara hoards and bullies, and Franzl wanders jobless and ill. Pressed by poverty and terror of the poorhouse, Karl is charmed by their neighbor Schlesinger, an insurance agent, into a policy he believes will protect his family after he’s gone, a quiet hope briefly celebrated on his name day. Soon after, with a grim resolve, he sends Franzl to secure a hospital bed and admits himself; a young doctor finds high fever and cascading ailments that harden into double pneumonia. The section closes with the hospital summoning Marie, signaling that Karl’s condition has turned critical. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cFinland: Arvi A. Karisto osakeyhtiö, 1928  aGerman fiction -- Translations into Finnish1 aLeivo, Anna40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77639