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100	1		_aMeriläinen, Heikki, _d1847-1939
245	1	0	_aOrvon onni
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 2025-06-09
508			_aJuhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen
520			_a"Orvon onni" by Heikki Meriläinen is a novel written in the early 20th century. It portrays Finnish rural life through the trials of an orphaned girl, Mimmi (later Minna), after sudden family tragedy. As she passes from a humble homestead to a pastor’s household and then into service with a neighboring gentry family, the story centers on loss, charity, social rank, and a young woman’s resilience. The opening follows a hardworking couple, Pekka and Kerttu, who carve out a lakeside home where their small daughter Mimmi is the joy of the household. During haymaking, a storm breaks and lightning kills Pekka, leaving Kerttu shattered; soon after, illness takes her too, and Mimmi is found and sheltered by Timolan mummo. The child is then taken to the pastor Pilvensalo’s home, where the kindly couple accept her, cherishing even her tear-stained primer as a symbol of her ordeal. As years pass, Minna proves gifted with animals and is sent to work for the Hövelin family, where a young master’s flirtation turns to teasing and the household boys mock her as “Minka.” The section closes with a cruel snowballing on Christmas Eve that injures her eye, underscoring her vulnerability amid classed households and hard fortunes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cPorvoo: WSOY, 1925
653			_aFinnish fiction -- 20th century
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76259
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