02323cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000300011324500180014326400510016130000470021233600260025933700260028533800360031150000310034750800450037852014050042353400690182865300170189765300180191465300340193285600430196678466UtSlPG20260610134823.0mcr n260607r20261929utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aPH1 aHaarla, Lauri,d1890-194410aJanne Kärki 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2026-04-16 aJuhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen aJanne Kärki by Lauri Haarla is a one-act comedic play written in the late 1920s. Set in a rural Finnish village by a riverside grove, it lampoons flirtation, social ambition, and small-town money troubles as a quick-tongued shopboy pursues a supposed wealthy widow through bluff, disguise, and schemes. The plot follows Janne, an overconfident shop assistant who jilts his seamstress fiancée Lyyli to court the glamorous Mary Tillon (really restaurant worker Marja Tillanen), while the miller’s son Heikki, the jealous pap’s son Vilander, the dandy apothecary Bitter, and the henpecked shopkeeper Vintturi swirl around in rivalries and misunderstandings. Janne even dons a lady’s clothes to dupe Vilander, then helps Mary trick Vintturi into signing a “receipt” under the pretense of handwriting divination. A planned serenade contest dissolves into farce, and Vintturi’s formidable wife Vieno crashes in to expose Mary and Lempi Sirkiä (a telephone operator) as impostors, brandishing reputations and bills. The masquerade collapses: Bitter and Vilander slink off, Vintturi is marched home, Mary and Lempi leave after settling debts, Heikki hurries to reconcile with his true love Suoma, and a chastened Janne is forgiven by Lyyli. The play closes with a wink at vanity, easy money, and “cleverness” that costs more than it gains. (This is an automatically generated summary.) pOriginally published:cHelsinki: Kustannus Oy Näytelmä, 1929 aComedy plays aOne-act plays aFinnish drama -- 20th century40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78466