Project Gutenberg 2025-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 82 Elder, Marc 1884 1933 Tendron, Marcel Koskelainen, Yrjö 1885 1951 Koskelainen, Yrjo Meren kansa $aTurku :$bTurun suomal. kirjapaino- ja sanomalehti Oy, $c1913. Appears to be a translated fragment of Le Peuple de la mer (#41872), consisting of only part of the first story (Alus/La barque) of the three stories which comprise that collection. Tuula Temonen and Tapio Riikonen "Meren kansa" by Marc Elder is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set in a rugged island fishing community, it follows the quiet, driven fisherman Urbain Coët as he commissions a new boat and clashes with envy, superstition, and pride among his peers. His world includes his steadfast wife Marie-Jeanne, his younger brother Léon, the three-generation Goustav shipwrights, and jealous rivals like Julien Perchais and the Aquenette brothers. The opening of the novel shows Urbain thwarting a nighttime attempt to burn his half-built boat and then guarding the shed through the dark, already sensing the malice of local competitors. By day we see the Goustavs’ traditional craft, the village’s gossip about a past shipwreck and rumored money, and rising taunts in the tavern. Urbain pointedly christens his vessel “Kadehtijain mieliharmi” (to spite the enviers), provoking a Sunday crowd to inspect the hull and sparking a scuffle with Tupla-Heikki. His cautious farmer father-in-law scolds the risk, underscoring the land–sea divide, while the townsfolk’s admiration mixes with resentment. The boat is launched to cheers as a squally wind builds; a fallen bouquet and a grizzled sailor’s remark unsettle Marie-Jeanne, Léon stays aboard to watch through the night, and the scene closes with the storm rising and a note of foreboding. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20241203000004elder 1913 FI Reading ease score: 32.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Sea stories French fiction -- Translations into Finnish PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature 125979 2025-07-30T07:01:09.165686 text/html 115624 2025-07-30T07:01:13.823644 application/epub+zip 116316 2025-07-30T07:01:10.917682 application/epub+zip 116316 2025-07-30T07:01:09.789693 application/epub+zip 205254 2025-07-30T07:01:15.791652 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 196156 2025-07-30T07:01:12.982673 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110130 2025-07-30T07:01:08.806699 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90385 2025-05-29T13:08:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14271 2025-07-30T07:01:15.957634 application/rdf+xml 11162 2025-07-30T07:01:10.329662 image/jpeg 2958 2025-07-30T07:01:10.046649 image/jpeg 114892 2025-07-30T07:01:09.178678 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 fr.wikipedia fi.wikipedia en.wikipedia