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100 1 _aWalakorpi, Urho Wiljo,
_d1886-1957
245 1 0 _aTorpparit
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
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2025-07-24
508 _aTuula Temonen and Tapio Riikonen
520 _a"Torpparit : 3-näytöksinen näytelmä by Urho Wiljo Walakorpi" is a three-act social drama written in the early 20th century. It depicts rural tenant farmers facing eviction under a capricious manor owner, focusing on class injustice, precarious tenancy, and the awakening of collective resolve. The play follows two tenant families—Matti and Liisa, and Pekka and Anna—whose modest hopes are shattered when the manor owner Kuusela expels Pekka and then, when Matti seeks a formal lease, evicts him too. In the manor scene, the clerk Marttila challenges Kuusela’s cruelty and resigns in protest. Back home, the wives wait anxiously; the men return with the worst news, and despair deepens before turning into quiet defiance as Liisa’s hopeful vision of a just future rekindles their spirits. Marttila arrives to encourage them, framing their suffering within a broader struggle for rights and dignity, and the drama ends on a note of solidarity and emerging social consciousness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cHämeenlinna: Arvi A. Karisto, 1908
653 _aFinnish drama -- 20th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76561
999 _c117286
_d117286