Project Gutenberg 2024-08-27 Public domain in the USA. 95 Tiitus 1883 1940 Kivinen, Ilmari Maalaisaiheisia pakinoita $aHelsinki :$bKust.Oy Kirja, $c1928. Anna Siren and Tapio Riikonen "Maalaisaiheisia pakinoita" by Ilmari Kivinen is a collection of humorous essays likely written in the early 20th century. This work explores rural life and its peculiarities through a series of witty anecdotes and observations that reflect on various themes, including societal norms and individual experiences in the Finnish countryside. The opening of the collection sets the tone for what is to come, beginning with a story about a freight train on the Jyväskylä–Haapamäki railway. The narrative depicts the train's struggles against an uphill journey, personifying it with thoughts and feelings, particularly when faced with a troublesome empty freight car that leaps off the tracks. This scenario is mixed with humor and philosophical musings, illustrating the daily challenges of rural life, the quiet moments of reflection, and the unexpected events that can disrupt even the most mundane of journeys. The piece concludes with a sense of relief as the train arrives without major incident, foreshadowing the amusing and light-hearted stories that will characterize the rest of the essays. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240617072544tiitus 1928 FI Reading ease score: 37.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Finnish wit and humor PH Text Category: Humour Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches 224538 2025-06-29T10:09:11.783774 text/html 224378 2024-12-30T12:11:07.152696 text/html 156786 2025-06-29T10:09:18.150778 application/epub+zip 158101 2025-06-29T10:09:14.807730 application/epub+zip 148943 2025-06-29T10:09:13.653769 application/epub+zip 367557 2025-06-29T10:09:20.821772 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337868 2025-06-29T10:09:17.462745 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197646 2025-06-29T10:09:11.493958 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 177909 2024-08-27T14:41:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15350 2025-06-29T10:09:20.943706 application/rdf+xml 17656 2025-06-29T10:09:14.137807 image/jpeg 4444 2025-06-29T10:09:13.894758 image/jpeg 155545 2025-06-29T10:09:11.802818 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