Project Gutenberg 2023-06-05 Public domain in the USA. 75 Aira Aira, Cesar Pekan naimapuuhat : $b Pilakuvaus $aFinland :$bArvi A. Karisto, $c1910. Tapio Riikonen "Pekan naimapuuhat: Pilakuvaus" by Aira is a comedic play written in the early 20th century, specifically in 1910. This work explores themes of love, literacy, and marriage within a rural Finnish community. The narrative centers around the character Pekka, an uneducated laborer who wishes to marry Anni, a servant girl, but faces obstacles due to his lack of reading skills, which is necessary for procuring a marriage license from the pastor. The story unfolds in the pastor's study, where Risto informs the pastor about Pekka and Anni's intentions to marry. Throughout the play, humorous interactions occur as Pekka struggles to read aloud in the presence of the pastor while Anni and Risto attempt to aid him. Despite their efforts, the pastor insists that Pekka must learn to read before he can marry Anni. As the play progresses, Pekka's endearing yet bumbling attempts at literacy highlight both his desire for love and the societal norms of education. Ultimately, the play concludes with the pastor relenting, allowing Pekka and Anni to marry, illustrating the transformative power of love and the value of education. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20160221131300aira 1910 FI Reading ease score: 41.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Finnish drama -- 20th century PH Text Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 68139 2025-06-28T06:41:43.600428 text/html 67954 67961 2024-12-29T07:52:41.961811 2023-09-30T09:11:05.782434 text/html text/html 98039 2025-06-28T06:41:48.397414 application/epub+zip 96828 2025-06-28T06:41:46.228422 application/epub+zip 86971 2025-06-28T06:41:45.187413 application/epub+zip 198287 2025-06-28T06:41:49.971442 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 190551 2025-06-28T06:41:47.783439 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56748 2025-06-28T06:41:43.372429 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56499 2023-06-05T10:08:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16757 2025-06-28T06:41:50.097393 application/rdf+xml 13442 2025-06-28T06:41:45.676427 image/jpeg 3386 2025-06-28T06:41:45.430469 image/jpeg 22786 2023-06-05T10:08:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 98673 2025-06-28T06:41:43.607441 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