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050 4 _aPH
100 1 _aHalme, Kaarle,
_d1864-1946
245 1 0 _aHäväistys
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
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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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2025-05-06
508 _aTapio Riikonen
520 _a"Häväistys : Kolminäytöksinen näytelmä by Kaarle Halme" is a Finnish stage play composed in the early 20th century. The play unfolds as a realistic drama centered on a rural family and their social circle, focusing on issues of trust, honor, social progress, and the sometimes fraught operations of a local cooperative store. Through its characters and domestic setting, the play explores shifting values in a small community, particularly the tensions between tradition and change. The main topic of the book is the impact of a financial scandal and a romantic conflict within a close-knit village society. The story revolves around Matti Makkola, his wife Anna, their daughter Inkeri, and several other townspeople, such as the factory foreman Sakari, the cooperative store manager Risto Viidanoja, and the farmer Parila. The narrative begins with a sense of domestic harmony, but things change when Inkeri becomes engaged to Risto. Soon thereafter, suspicion arises about financial mismanagement in the cooperative, prompting an investigation by Sakari, who secretly loves Inkeri. As Sakari uncovers evidence of embezzlement, personal and communal loyalties are strained. Risto tries to cover up the theft but is ultimately exposed with Inkeri’s determined intervention—she uncovers his further theft and orchestrates his quiet removal to avoid a public scandal ("häväistys"). In the aftermath, Inkeri breaks her engagement to Risto and reconciles with her family and Sakari, while the integrity of the community is tentatively restored. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cHelsinki: Kust.jOy Kirja, 1913
653 _aFinnish drama -- 20th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76036
999 _c116761
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