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100 1 _aAlpi, Eero,
_d1885-1933
245 1 0 _aNäkymättömät tulet
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-07-26
508 _aTapio Riikonen
520 _a"Näkymättömät tulet : Kolminäytöksinen näytelmä" by Eero Alpi is a three-act play written in the early 20th century. Set in a Western Finnish farmhouse about half a century earlier, it follows the grieving widow Heleena, her forceful brother-in-law Valenti, the empathetic Pastor Martti, and Aunt Miili, with the innocent Liisu as a poignant chorus. The drama turns on a drowning that exposes tensions of faith, guilt, and power, as family pressure and unspoken motives begin to surface. The opening of the play presents a meticulous rural home preparing for Mauri’s funeral: Miili tends to tasks, and Liisu sings hymns and praises the pastor, while the exhausted Heleena struggles with shock. Pastor Martti arrives to offer spiritual counsel, but Valenti’s brusque skepticism and hints of past familiarity with Heleena spark friction; talk shifts to how the household will be run and what the tragedy “means.” In a charged exchange, Martti suggests Mauri had been drinking; Valenti claims Mauri chose a risky shortcut over weak ice, while Heleena denies any drinking and, in anguish, accuses Valenti of deliberate harm before retracting. As the cortege forms, Liisu shares a disturbing dream of Valenti pushing Mauri back under the ice, and a grim omen occurs when Mauri’s furs fall from their peg; Valenti dons them and vows to seize “everything.” At the start of the second act, three days later, Heleena begs Miili to stay, fearing relatives—especially Sipilä—are maneuvering to install Valenti as master and to bind her future, while she recalls how she once rebuffed Valenti’s advances. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cPorvoo: WSOY, 1924
653 _aFinnish drama -- 20th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76569
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