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100 1 _aWuori, Martti,
_d1858-1934
245 1 0 _aOnnen unelma
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
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-10-21
508 _aJuhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen
520 _a"Onnen unelma : Romaani" by Martti Wuori is a novel written in the early 20th century. It centers on middle‑aged playwright Ensio Arola and Leeni Saares, a talented young factory worker who dreams of the stage, as their lives intersect in Helsinki’s working‑class Hermanni. The story explores artistic ambition, class tensions, religious strictness at home, and the awakening of late-blooming feeling. The opening of the novel follows Arola to a workers’ theatre rehearsal of his play, where he meets actress Martta Hinnermo and is captivated by Leeni, who is cast in the lead. Friction flares with Leeni’s unpleasant partner Härmälä, a jealous fiancé, leading to a public quarrel that breaks their engagement and collapses the rehearsal. Arola returns home stirred by new emotion and reflects on his past: orphanhood, studies abroad, a destructive affair in Vienna, an unhappy marriage and divorce, and his life as a writer. The narrative then turns to Leeni’s cramped home: a sympathetic, dignified mother and a stern, religious stepfather opposed to her stage ambitions; Härmälä barges in with accusations about a gentleman friend, prompting Leeni to assert her independence and plan to leave home. At the start of the next day, Arola, unable to write, finds himself drawn toward Leeni’s neighborhood, and the scene breaks as a bright spring Sunday fills Kaisaniemi. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cHelsinki: Kust.Oy Kirja, 1916
653 _aFinnish fiction -- 20th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77107
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