Kertomuksia II by Josefina Wettergrund
"Kertomuksia II" by Josefina Wettergrund is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The pieces portray small-town Scandinavian life with humor, sentiment, and moral clarity, focusing on craftspeople, families, and children as they meet folly, kindness, and redemption. Readers can expect lively scenes, warm community detail, and recurring themes of love, temperance, and second chances. The opening of the collection offers three vivid tales. First, a comic village
piece follows good-natured tailor Nopsa-Pelle, whose domineering mother-in-law bullies him, until a night of “funeral coffee” ends with Pelle’s sudden return from presumed death, her fatal fright, and his happy marriage to Sillanpään Liisa. Next, “Taiteen suurin voitto” begins with a street-caricature of the town drunkard, factory owner Löfqvist; his daughter’s defense and his own shame spark a deep self-reckoning that leads to temperance, steady work, the funding of a new raittius hall, public honor—and a tender understanding between his daughter and the reformed caricaturist, now painter Albert Kroon. Finally, “Valkoiset liljat” shifts to midsummer bliss by the sea: Thérèse M. sends her husband Julius off sailing under a new blue-and-gold flag, a sudden storm erupts, and from a cliff she watches in mounting terror as other boats make shore and their “Nuoli” capsizes—the scene cutting off at her cry. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Wettergrund, Josefina, 1830-1903 |
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| Title | Kertomuksia II |
| Original Publication | Hamina: Alfred Lagerbom, 1904. |
| Contents | Kahvikekkerit pitäjän räätälin luona -- Taiteen suurin voitto -- Valkoiset liljat -- Muistetut -- Kummanko? -- Tanssi-ilta ja aamupäivävierailu -- Kaksi leskeä -- Siunattua huolimattomuutta -- Kiikarin läpi. |
| Credits | Tuula Temonen |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Swedish fiction -- Translations into Finnish |
| Subject | Short stories, Swedish -- Translations into Finnish |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77185 |
| Release Date | Nov 5, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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