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100 1 _aHalme, Kaarle,
_d1864-1946
245 1 0 _aNaimisiin
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-11-09
508 _aTapio Riikonen
520 _aNaimisiin by Kaarle Halme is a one-act comedic stage play written in the early 20th century. Light, fast, and farcical, it follows a tangle of small-town courtships and mistaken engagements, playing with the theme of marriage fever as expectations, jealousy, and coincidence collide. The action takes place in Justiina Junila’s home, where preparations for her sister Maija’s arrival and Justiina’s own planned marriage to the clockmaker Asa Poukama set the stage. Asa’s brother Pekka turns up with the paperwork for the banns, while the servants Manta and Simo stumble through their shy, muddled courtship, sparked into chaos when Manta is caught mending Asa’s trousers and Simo assumes the worst. Everything upends when Maija arrives and Asa recognizes her as the lost love he once called Maria; their mutual joy sweeps away the planned match with Justiina. In the comic aftershocks, Justiina faints neatly into the genial Pekka’s arms, hinting at a new pair, and Manta and Simo finally align. The curtain falls on a buoyant cascade of matches made, misunderstandings cleared, and marriage in the air. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cHämeenlinna: Arvi A. Karisto Oy, 1922
653 _aOne-act plays
653 _aFinnish drama -- 20th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77205
999 _c117925
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