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100 1 _aRopes, Mary E.
_q(Mary Emily),
_d1842-1932
245 1 0 _aTwo little Finns
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2024-09-24
520 _a"Two Little Finns" by Mary E. Ropes is a children's novel written in the early 19th century. The story follows the life of two siblings, Tonie and Blonda, who live in a secluded forest cottage in Finland with their father, Grubert Reuss, a woodcutter. Faced with the challenges of poverty following the death of their mother to illness, the children are depicted as resourceful and brave, willing to maintain their home while their father travels for work. The novel explores themes of innocence, courage, and the tension between good and evil, especially as it introduces a mysterious bag of money entrusted to the children by their pastor for safekeeping. The opening of the story paints a vivid picture of the Reuss family's humble life and the strong bond between the siblings. Their father leaves for a three-day trip to the nearest town, during which the children promise to take care of their home. One evening, their pastor visits, urgently requesting their father's help in hiding a bag of money that contains funds meant for impoverished villagers affected by disease. The children, unaccustomed to danger, agree to protect the bag, but they soon find themselves besieged at home by two men with malicious intentions. Blonda and Tonie's bravery shines through as they work together to safeguard the money, illustrating their growth and the book's central theme of trusting in God amidst trials. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: The Religious Tract Society, 1895
653 _aChristian life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aMotherless families -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aPoor families -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aFinland -- Juvenile fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74471
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_d115196