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100	1		_aHalme, Kaarle, _d1864-1946
245	1	0	_aKirkkopatruuna
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2025-10-26
508			_aTapio Riikonen
520			_aKirkkopatruuna by Kaarle Halme is a three-act comedic play written in the early 20th century. Set in a grand rural estate newly owned by an ambitious “peasant aristocrat,” it satirizes social climbing, shaky finances, and tangled romances, all revolving around the status-laden pride of having a private church. The plot follows Esa Pöllönkorpi, whose purchase of the Linnamäki estate hangs by a thread when a large final payment is due and the expected funds do not arrive in time. While he considers selling the forest to the suave Freckstedt, the latter is caught flirting with Esa’s wife, Maiju; a hasty cover story about a “speck in the eye” calms tempers. Kalle, a blundering suitor, quietly blackmails Freckstedt into signing the forest deal, saving the estate, but then ruins his own engagement when he is found with the maid Maiju’s apron. When news comes that Esa’s wife has eloped with Freckstedt, friends urge him to let them go. Easier about money but wiser about love, Esa seeks a divorce and promptly pairs with Saara, while Kalle shifts his affections to the maid Maiju. The curtain falls on a brisk reshuffling of partners and a wry nod to turning the estate’s church into something more useful than a status trophy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cHelsinki: Kust.Oy Kirja, 1913
653			_aComedy plays
653			_aFinnish drama -- 20th century
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77132
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