02417cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000390011324000260015224500180017826400510019630000470024733600260029433700260032033800360034650000310038250800180041352014640043153400700189565300480196570000160201385600430202999900190207277786UtSlPG20260610134813.0mcr n260607r20261919utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aPT1 aKeyserling, Eduard von,d1855-191810aFürstinnen. Finnish10aRuhtinattaria 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2026-01-26  aTuula Temonen  a"Ruhtinattaria" by Eduard von Keyserling is a novel written in the early 20th century. It portrays a widowed princess on a provincial estate raising three very different daughters—composed Roxane, tender Eleonore, and restless Marie—while balancing dwindling finances, marriage expectations, and the quiet, constraining codes of aristocratic life under the steady counsel of Count Streith.

The opening of the novel centers on Princess Adelheid’s weary money talk with her steward, relieved by Count Streith’s practical guidance, and shifts to the daughters in the orchard where Roxane’s Russian engagement, Eleonore’s sensitivity, and Marie’s impatience come into view. Daily drives and a formal dinner sketch the local nobility and their manners, while an evening in the garden leaves Marie feeling excluded as her mother and Roxane depart for court festivities without her. Left behind, Marie impulsively slips out with the neighboring Dühnen boys, tumbles into a marsh, hides the mishap with borrowed clothes, and forges a secret, breathless bond with the cadet Felix that culminates in a stolen kiss among the currant bushes; a visit from the forthright Hilda Üchtlitz adds a worldly counterpoint. As the mother returns and calm resumes, quiet hints point to Eleonore’s impending match, while Marie’s private awakening becomes the vivid pulse beneath the household’s composed surface. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cHelsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Ahjo, 1919  aGerman fiction -- Translations into Finnish1 aLeivo, Anna40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77786  c118506d118506