Project Gutenberg 2025-07-18 Public domain in the USA. 134 Välisalmi, Heikki 1886 1947 Valisalmi, Heikki Karttunen, Johan Henrik Hesekiel Rautainen laki : $b Näytelmä $aHelsinki :$bKust. Oy Kansanvalta, $c1927. Tapio Riikonen "Rautainen laki : Näytelmä" by Heikki Välisalmi is a play written in the early 20th century. Set in a home for “fallen women” before the Great War, it probes the hypocrisy of charitable respectability and the exploitation that hides beneath moral reform, focusing on the pious matron Elisabeth Huldstjärna, her well-connected cousin Dr. Bengt Åkerman, and the sheltered ward Eeva amid cynical inmates and a scheming housekeeper. Expect a pointed social drama about power, reputation, and desire colliding under the banner of philanthropy. The opening of the play presents daily life in the institution: while Anna tries to reform, Karoliina and Dora flirt through the window and arrange secret visits, aided by the duplicitous housekeeper Ankeliina, who wants her cut. Eeva, kept as a “servant” and never allowed out, senses hidden goings-on and fears the house’s secrets, just as a man peers in through an open window. When the matron returns with supporters and a doctor, a supposed “burglar” incident is smoothed over, and the men privately mock the home’s pious façade and the flattering press coverage. Dr. Åkerman stays behind, wins Eeva’s trust, and secures permission to take her into his household. In the next scene at his elegant home, Ankeliina hints Eeva might become more than a servant, while the doctor flatters and stakes a possessive claim as the matron and her ally arrive to bask in a laudatory newspaper article—underscoring the gap between ideal and practice. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240310005208vlisalmi 1927 FI Reading ease score: 46.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Finnish drama -- 20th century PH Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 165744 2025-07-30T08:34:19.532142 text/html 130061 2025-07-30T08:34:26.239571 application/epub+zip 131294 2025-07-30T08:34:22.496132 application/epub+zip 114052 2025-07-30T08:34:21.264099 application/epub+zip 273851 2025-07-30T08:34:29.043597 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252382 2025-07-30T08:34:25.441584 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136328 2025-07-30T08:34:19.165123 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 116614 2025-07-18T17:11:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12908 2025-07-30T08:34:29.193545 application/rdf+xml 14560 2025-07-30T08:34:21.866108 image/jpeg 3758 2025-07-30T08:34:21.611086 image/jpeg 129970 2025-07-30T08:34:19.550197 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