Project Gutenberg 2024-06-19 Public domain in the USA. 84 Hoikkanen, Juho 1876 1947 Lohilahden opettaja : $b Romaani $aHelsinki :$bOtava, $c1922. Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen "Lohilahden opettaja: Romaani" by Juho Hoikkanen is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book seems to delve into the lives of rural characters in Finland, particularly focusing on the dynamics within a family and their interactions with societal expectations. The main character appears to be Nehe, a son on the verge of embarking on a significant journey to seminary school, which symbolizes a transition and a struggle against familial and personal expectations. The opening of the novel unfolds in a rural Finnish homestead, where a restless night is interrupted by a cat, leading to a humorous exchange between a father, Jere, and his wife, Vilhelmiina. The couple discusses the mishaps of the night, revealing their personalities and their underlying tension regarding their son Nehe's aspirations to become a teacher. The father is portrayed as stubborn and weary from the struggles of farming, while the mother attempts to maintain a sense of warmth and emotional connection. As Nehe prepares to leave for seminary, there is a mixture of family pride, anxiety, and a sense of loss, establishing the emotional backdrop that will follow his journey throughout the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240602235022hoikkanen 1922 FI Reading ease score: 40.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Finnish fiction -- 20th century PH Text Category: Novels 311474 2025-06-29T08:11:36.466882 text/html 311289 2024-12-30T10:00:53.568148 text/html 187813 2025-06-29T08:11:42.034839 application/epub+zip 190600 2025-06-29T08:11:38.175901 application/epub+zip 190600 2025-06-29T08:11:37.099885 application/epub+zip 351011 2025-06-29T08:11:44.991891 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 329132 2025-06-29T08:11:41.381916 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 279387 2025-06-29T08:11:36.139905 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 259650 2024-06-19T16:50:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15397 2025-06-29T08:11:45.117804 application/rdf+xml 13490 2025-06-29T08:11:37.590846 image/jpeg 3482 2025-06-29T08:11:37.342886 image/jpeg 184734 2025-06-29T08:11:36.492918 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