000 02357cam a22003013u 4500
001 75822
003 UtSlPG
005 20260610134744.0
006 m
007 cr n
008 260607r20251913utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d
040 _aUtSlPG
041 7 _afi
_2iso639-1
050 4 _aPH
100 1 _aWuori, Martti,
_d1858-1934
245 1 0 _aVeri on vettä sakeampi
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2025-04-08
508 _aTapio Riikonen
520 _a"Veri on vettä sakeampi: 2-näytöksinen näytelmä" by Martti Wuori is a drama written in the early 20th century. The play revolves around a rural Finnish-Swedish community, exploring themes of national identity, social class, and family loyalty. The central characters include the Nygård family—Johannes, his wife Evelina, and daughter Jenny—along with their Finnish farmhand Aapo, neighboring landowners, and local officials. At the heart of the story is a conflict between Finnish and Swedish-speaking populations, intertwined with questions about love, inheritance, and personal sacrifice. The opening of the play sets the stage with tension between Aapo, the Finnish farmhand, and other members of the rural, Swedish-speaking community. Through lively and pointed dialogue, issues of language, cultural belonging, and social acceptance emerge, particularly regarding the right of Finnish speakers to own land and establish schools. Personal stakes are heightened as Jenny and Aapo share mutual affection, but family pressures and economic dependencies complicate their future. Meanwhile, neighboring landowners and officials—including Veckström and Peldán—actively conspire to maintain Swedish control and resist Finnish advances, using financial leverage and social pressure. The beginning establishes a layered drama where personal relationships collide with larger societal struggles over identity and power in early 20th-century Finland. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cHelsinki: Kust.Oy Kirja, 1913
653 _aFinnish drama
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75822
999 _c116547
_d116547