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_aVälisalmi, Heikki, _d1886-1947 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aRautainen laki |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2025-07-18 | ||
| 508 | _aTapio Riikonen | ||
| 520 | _a"Rautainen laki : Näytelmä" by Heikki Välisalmi is a play written in the early 20th century. Set in a home for “fallen women” before the Great War, it probes the hypocrisy of charitable respectability and the exploitation that hides beneath moral reform, focusing on the pious matron Elisabeth Huldstjärna, her well-connected cousin Dr. Bengt Åkerman, and the sheltered ward Eeva amid cynical inmates and a scheming housekeeper. Expect a pointed social drama about power, reputation, and desire colliding under the banner of philanthropy. The opening of the play presents daily life in the institution: while Anna tries to reform, Karoliina and Dora flirt through the window and arrange secret visits, aided by the duplicitous housekeeper Ankeliina, who wants her cut. Eeva, kept as a “servant” and never allowed out, senses hidden goings-on and fears the house’s secrets, just as a man peers in through an open window. When the matron returns with supporters and a doctor, a supposed “burglar” incident is smoothed over, and the men privately mock the home’s pious façade and the flattering press coverage. Dr. Åkerman stays behind, wins Eeva’s trust, and secures permission to take her into his household. In the next scene at his elegant home, Ankeliina hints Eeva might become more than a servant, while the doctor flatters and stakes a possessive claim as the matron and her ally arrive to bask in a laudatory newspaper article—underscoring the gap between ideal and practice. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cHelsinki: Kust. Oy Kansanvalta, 1927 |
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| 653 | _aFinnish drama -- 20th century | ||
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