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100	1		_aHaarla, Lauri, _d1890-1944
245	1	0	_aMiksi hän nauroi?
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2026-04-19
508			_aTapio Riikonen
520			_aMiksi hän nauroi? by Lauri Haarla is a short tragicomic play written in the early 20th century. Set in a refined bourgeois home, it probes marital fidelity, moral rigidity, jealousy, and the thin line between truth and performance in intimate relationships. During a wedding-anniversary evening, moral philosophy teacher Gabriel Höök is called away, leaving his wife Hellin with her young lover Uuno Claus, who has secretly become engaged to Laila Kena. Forced by Hellin to summon Laila, Uuno is exposed; Laila scorns his weak, hypocritical idealism and leaves. Hellin then confesses to Gabriel both the affair and the misuse of a memorial fund, accusing his bloodless moralism of entombing her, while Gabriel struggles between doctrine and love and resolves to repair the marriage. Uuno returns saying he has confessed everything and been forgiven, their engagement now public. Hellin bursts into ringing laughter and recasts the entire confession as a playful “staged” prank, pressing both men to toast—an ending that celebrates survival while leaving her laughter, and the truth behind it, disturbingly ambiguous. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cHelsinki: Otava, 1930
653			_aTragicomedy
653			_aFinnish drama -- 20th century
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78489
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