Project Gutenberg 2020-10-05 Public domain in the USA. 86 Järvi, K. A. (Kaarlo August) 1869 1942 Järvi, Kaarlo August Järvi, Karl August Mällinen, Carl August Mallinen, Carl August Jarvi, K. A. (Kaarlo August) Työmiehiä: Kertomus nykyajan oloista Tapio Riikonen "Työmiehiä: Kertomus nykyajan oloista" by K. A. Järvi is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book centers on the life of Pura, a young worker who faces the challenges and harsh realities of industrial labor in Finland, highlighting themes such as class struggle, the impact of alcoholism, and the search for dignity in a male-dominated working environment. At the start of the story, we are introduced to Pura, an orphan who becomes a worker in a Helsinki machine workshop. Through his eyes, the reader sees the bleak atmosphere of factory life, as Pura grapples with peer pressure towards drinking and violence, ultimately leading him to defend his dignity by confronting a drunken foreman. After losing his job due to this conflict, Pura reflects on the societal issues affecting workers and decides to seek employment elsewhere, driven by hope for a better future. The opening sets up a narrative of personal struggle against broader societal issues, indicating Pura's determination to assert his worth as a worker in the face of adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 44.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Finnish fiction -- 19th century PH Text Category: Novels 227859 2025-09-25T06:41:00.151258 text/html 227677 2023-09-27T06:40:00.304741 text/html 166564 2025-09-25T06:41:06.590213 application/epub+zip 167608 2025-09-25T06:41:03.246232 application/epub+zip 149921 2025-09-25T06:41:02.095235 application/epub+zip 311302 2025-09-25T06:41:09.051212 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291520 2025-09-25T06:41:05.861246 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 224540 2022-09-28T13:47:23.837777 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 201160 2025-09-25T06:40:59.850252 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 181373 2024-10-18T06:11:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15882 2025-09-25T06:41:09.173187 application/rdf+xml 13335 2025-09-25T06:41:02.582222 image/jpeg 2965 2025-09-25T06:41:02.338216 image/jpeg 165914 2025-09-25T06:41:00.171237 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