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100	1		_aBenedix, Roderich, _d1811-1873
240	1	4	_aDie Dienstboten. Finnish
245	1	0	_aPalvelusväkeä
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 2025-08-25
508			_aTapio Riikonen
520			_a"Palvelusväkeä : Yksinäytöksinen huvinäytelmä by Roderich Benedix" is a one-act comedic play, most akin to a light social farce, likely written in the late 19th century. Set entirely in a manor house kitchen, it explores the lives of servants—flirtations, jealousy, gossip, and superstition—leading to a sudden stroke of luck that reshapes their futures. In the kitchen bustle, maid Hanna and stablehand Pekka are engaged, but the bookkeeper Aukusti flirts with Hanna, provoking the spiteful jealousy of the lady’s maid Anna. Slander travels upstairs: Pekka is summarily dismissed (under the pretext of a lame horse), and Hanna is fired for supposed impropriety. Ristiina the cook, guided by a vivid dream, splits a raffle ticket with Hanna; soon Reetta brings news that their ticket has won a major prize. Fortune reverses the injustice: Pekka and Hanna can now marry and start a life of their own, while the steady coachman Juronen—long prudent and patient—proposes to Ristiina, and they plan to open a well-run eatery. Amid banter and quick turns, camaraderie and chance triumph over malice and class-bound pettiness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cHelsinki: Kust.Oy Kirja, 1913
653			_aComedy plays
653			_aOne-act plays
653			_aGerman drama (Comedy) -- Translations into Finnish
700	1		_aPiirinen, E., _d1869-1949
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76729
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