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050 4 _aPQ
100 1 _aElder, Marc,
_d1884-1933
245 1 0 _aMeren kansa
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aAppears to be a translated fragment of Le Peuple de la mer (#41872), consisting of only part of the first story (Alus/La barque) of the three stories which comprise that collection.
500 _aRelease date is 2025-05-29
508 _aTuula Temonen and Tapio Riikonen
520 _a"Meren kansa" by Marc Elder is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set in a rugged island fishing community, it follows the quiet, driven fisherman Urbain Coët as he commissions a new boat and clashes with envy, superstition, and pride among his peers. His world includes his steadfast wife Marie-Jeanne, his younger brother Léon, the three-generation Goustav shipwrights, and jealous rivals like Julien Perchais and the Aquenette brothers. The opening of the novel shows Urbain thwarting a nighttime attempt to burn his half-built boat and then guarding the shed through the dark, already sensing the malice of local competitors. By day we see the Goustavs’ traditional craft, the village’s gossip about a past shipwreck and rumored money, and rising taunts in the tavern. Urbain pointedly christens his vessel “Kadehtijain mieliharmi” (to spite the enviers), provoking a Sunday crowd to inspect the hull and sparking a scuffle with Tupla-Heikki. His cautious farmer father-in-law scolds the risk, underscoring the land–sea divide, while the townsfolk’s admiration mixes with resentment. The boat is launched to cheers as a squally wind builds; a fallen bouquet and a grizzled sailor’s remark unsettle Marie-Jeanne, Léon stays aboard to watch through the night, and the scene closes with the storm rising and a note of foreboding. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cTurku: Turun suomal. kirjapaino- ja sanomalehti Oy, 1913
653 _aSea stories
653 _aFrench fiction -- Translations into Finnish
700 1 _aKoskelainen, Yrjö,
_d1885-1951
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76180
999 _c116905
_d116905