Project Gutenberg 2017-01-17 Public domain in the USA. 176 Kianto, Ilmari 1874 1970 Calamnius, Ilmari Iki-Kianto, Ilmari Punainen viiva E-text prepared by Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen "Punainen viiva" by Ilmari Kianto is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book explores themes related to rural life in Finland, focusing on the struggles of the impoverished peasantry against the backdrop of the difficult and often unforgiving wilderness. Central to the narrative is Topi Topinpoika Romppanen, a farmer navigating the harsh realities of existence in an isolated setting. The opening of the novel vividly illustrates the desolate and silent atmosphere of the wilderness as a bear, the "King of the Forest," emerges from hibernation. The narrative captures a tense moment in nature, with animals sensing the change and a foreboding feeling hanging in the air. As the bear reflects on its youth and the instinctive pull of its homeland, a contrast is drawn between the life of the wild and the human struggles depicted in the nearby settlement of Korpiloukko. The subsequent chapters introduce Topi and his family, highlighting their day-to-day challenges amid their stark surroundings, setting the stage for themes of survival and societal change that will unfold throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 42.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Finnish fiction -- 20th century PH Text Category: Novels 263809 2025-07-21T12:22:02.544991 text/html 263650 263559 2024-09-22T11:17:06.471378 2023-09-23T09:31:39.776166 text/html text/html 166634 2025-07-21T12:22:07.945923 application/epub+zip 169546 2025-07-21T12:22:04.305949 application/epub+zip 169546 2025-07-21T12:22:03.205911 application/epub+zip 303570 2025-07-21T12:22:10.560946 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 289786 2025-07-21T12:22:07.274917 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261645 2022-09-24T15:12:53.052597 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232652 2025-07-21T12:22:02.093999 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 212916 2024-10-23T01:39:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16806 2025-07-21T12:22:10.686872 application/rdf+xml 12803 2025-07-21T12:22:03.695935 image/jpeg 3361 2025-07-21T12:22:03.449927 image/jpeg 166443 2025-07-21T12:22:02.567935 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fi.wikipedia