Project Gutenberg 2018-02-18 Public domain in the USA. 65 Kallas, Aino 1878 1956 Krohn, Aino Kallas, Aino Krohn Suonio, Aino Vieras veri: Rakkausnovelleja Legenda nuoresta Odelesta ja pitaalisesta -- Ruispelto -- Ruutanalammikko -- Luolan korva -- Vieras veri -- Muuan rakkaustarina -- Gerdruta Carponai. Produced by Anna Siren and Tapio Riikonen "Vieras veri: Rakkausnovelleja" by Aino Kallas is a collection of romantic short stories written in the early 20th century. The narratives are steeped in emotional complexity, often exploring themes of longing, love, and the human condition against the backdrop of various landscapes and societies, with a particular focus on characters like Odele and Treiali-Reet who confront their circumstances and identities in profound ways. The opening of the collection presents a vivid portrayal of Odele Valdemarintytär, a young and foreign wife of a town mayor, as she grapples with her unsettling feelings towards the leprosy patients her husband treats. This introduces a conflict between her own fears and repulsion toward the afflicted and the societal compassion expected from her, a conflict that becomes more intricate upon a fateful encounter with a leper who requests a rose from her child. The narrative intricately depicts Odele's internal turmoil, hinting at themes of redemption and transformative love, while her husband’s zealous commitment to his role at the leprosy hospital raises questions about duty and sacrifice—elements that resonate throughout Kallas’s exploration of human emotions in her stories. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 39.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Short stories, Finnish Finnish fiction -- 20th century PH Text Category: Short Stories Category: Romance 136678 2025-07-22T12:53:00.376819 text/html 136499 136424 2024-12-23T11:33:45.620563 2023-09-24T10:05:12.084728 text/html text/html 133784 2025-07-22T12:53:06.137777 application/epub+zip 134198 2025-07-22T12:53:03.434798 application/epub+zip 119274 2025-07-22T12:53:02.307820 application/epub+zip 320252 2025-07-22T12:53:08.090825 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 307381 2025-07-22T12:53:05.437777 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 187734 2022-08-25T13:04:05.899825 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120937 2025-07-22T12:53:00.130841 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 116147 2018-02-18T12:15:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18461 2025-07-22T12:53:08.212762 application/rdf+xml 19404 2025-07-22T12:53:02.797816 image/jpeg 4622 2025-07-22T12:53:02.553786 image/jpeg 48201 2018-02-18T12:15:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 136682 2025-07-22T12:53:00.388838 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 en.wikipedia fi.wikipedia