Project Gutenberg 2024-08-13 Public domain in the USA. 83 Tiitus 1883 1940 Kivinen, Ilmari Valittuja pakinoita $aPorvoo :$bWSOY, $c1928. Johanna Kankaanpää and Tapio Riikonen "Valittuja pakinoita" by Ilmari Kivinen is a collection of humorous short stories written in the early 20th century. The book features various quirky characters and their everyday misadventures, reflecting on societal norms and human follies, often with a satirical twist. The opening of the collection introduces readers to the character Sopu Sammal, a hapless office clerk who constantly struggles with waking up on time. Despite his best efforts, he continuously oversleeps and finds himself late for work, leading to his boss’s frustration. The comedic mishaps escalate when he buys a new alarm clock that fails to wake him, forcing him to seek help from a neighbor who reluctantly agrees to wake him up every morning. This sets the tone for the stories that follow, showcasing Kivinen's insightful and humorous take on human nature and the struggles of ordinary life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240809071546tiitus 1928 FI Reading ease score: 42.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Finnish wit and humor PH Text Category: Short Stories Category: Humour 523858 2025-07-29T10:26:58.347700 text/html 523698 2024-12-30T11:50:25.903498 text/html 255950 2025-07-29T10:27:07.053650 application/epub+zip 261699 2025-07-29T10:27:00.543676 application/epub+zip 261700 2025-07-29T10:26:59.199671 application/epub+zip 512147 2025-07-29T10:27:12.220686 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 453784 2025-07-29T10:27:06.143671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 454082 2025-07-29T10:26:57.754716 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 434370 2024-08-13T17:48:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15100 2025-07-29T10:27:12.364697 application/rdf+xml 13539 2025-07-29T10:26:59.742667 image/jpeg 3533 2025-07-29T10:26:59.484655 image/jpeg 253149 2025-07-29T10:26:58.388689 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