Project Gutenberg 2024-09-04 Public domain in the USA. 123 Virtala, Ilma 1886 1931 Näätänen, Ilma Karoliina Naatanen, Ilma Karoliina Virtanen, Ilma Karoliina Anja rouva $aHelsinki :$bKust.Oy Kirja, $c1917. Anna Siren and Tapio Riikonen "Anja Rouva" by Ilma Virtala is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is centered around Anja, a woman navigating her emotions and relationships as she grapples with loneliness, motherhood, and the complexities of love in a rapidly changing environment. It captures her introspective journey as she recalls her past, while simultaneously dealing with the present challenges in her marriage and her budding feelings for another man. The opening of the novel introduces Anja after her family has moved to a new city. She expresses her loneliness and yearns for companionship while reflecting on her past, including her father's departure and her current life with her husband, Otto, and their young son, Paavo. Through her writings in a journal, she documents her daily experiences and emotions, revealing a sense of nostalgia and a desire for deeper connection. As she recounts tender moments with Paavo, she also hints at emotional turmoil stemming from Otto's growing distance and her emerging feelings for a new acquaintance, which sets the stage for her internal conflict between duty and desire in the narrative to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240827121916virtala 1917 FI Reading ease score: 50.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. fi Finnish fiction -- 20th century PH Text Category: Novels 144101 2025-06-29T10:21:48.918583 text/html 143916 2024-12-30T12:25:04.232401 text/html 120959 2025-06-29T10:21:53.091602 application/epub+zip 121757 2025-06-29T10:21:50.543510 application/epub+zip 121757 2025-06-29T10:21:49.508534 application/epub+zip 218075 2025-06-29T10:21:54.925540 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209089 2025-06-29T10:21:52.469491 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 130424 2025-06-29T10:21:48.680565 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 110739 2024-09-04T16:01:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15544 2025-06-29T10:21:55.045491 application/rdf+xml 11731 2025-06-29T10:21:49.985561 image/jpeg 3201 2025-06-29T10:21:49.745559 image/jpeg 122293 2025-06-29T10:21:48.932519 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