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100 1 _aLehtinen, J. A.,
_d1891-1975
245 1 0 _aLäpi harmaan kiven
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2026-03-02
508 _aTapio Riikonen
520 _aLäpi harmaan kiven by J. A. Lehtinen is a two-act stage play written in the interwar period. It dramatizes a Finnish rural household where patriotic duty, the Civil Guard movement, and stubborn sisu confront class pride and a controlling matriarch, with a central thread of young love tested by social expectation. The story follows Kalle, a capable farmhand and devoted Civil Guard marksman, and Hilppa, the farmer’s spirited daughter who joins the Lotta movement and returns his love. Their bond clashes with Hilppa’s mother, Maija, who schemes to marry her off to the pompous but well-off neighbor Samuli, while Hilppa’s brother Esa shirks duty and drifts. In the first act Kalle and Hilppa declare themselves despite family pressure; in the second, Kalle wins a major shooting prize, inspiring Esa to reform and don the Civil Guard uniform. Maija erupts and tries to expel Kalle, but a formal visit from the area commander publicly honors him with promotion and a merit badge. The father steps forward, praises Kalle’s character and service, and blesses the match; Maija, outmaneuvered, yields, and Samuli slinks away. The household unites under a revived spirit of common defense, and the curtain falls on a patriotic song celebrating work, discipline, and love of country. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cPorvoo: WSOY, 1929
653 _aFinnish drama -- 20th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78100
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