Project Gutenberg 2025-07-26 Public domain in the USA. 94 Alpi, Eero 1885 1933 Näkymättömät tulet : $b Kolminäytöksinen näytelmä $aPorvoo :$bWSOY, $c1924. Tapio Riikonen "Näkymättömät tulet : Kolminäytöksinen näytelmä" by Eero Alpi is a three-act play written in the early 20th century. Set in a Western Finnish farmhouse about half a century earlier, it follows the grieving widow Heleena, her forceful brother-in-law Valenti, the empathetic Pastor Martti, and Aunt Miili, with the innocent Liisu as a poignant chorus. The drama turns on a drowning that exposes tensions of faith, guilt, and power, as family pressure and unspoken motives begin to surface. The opening of the play presents a meticulous rural home preparing for Mauri’s funeral: Miili tends to tasks, and Liisu sings hymns and praises the pastor, while the exhausted Heleena struggles with shock. Pastor Martti arrives to offer spiritual counsel, but Valenti’s brusque skepticism and hints of past familiarity with Heleena spark friction; talk shifts to how the household will be run and what the tragedy “means.” In a charged exchange, Martti suggests Mauri had been drinking; Valenti claims Mauri chose a risky shortcut over weak ice, while Heleena denies any drinking and, in anguish, accuses Valenti of deliberate harm before retracting. As the cortege forms, Liisu shares a disturbing dream of Valenti pushing Mauri back under the ice, and a grim omen occurs when Mauri’s furs fall from their peg; Valenti dons them and vows to seize “everything.” At the start of the second act, three days later, Heleena begs Miili to stay, fearing relatives—especially Sipilä—are maneuvering to install Valenti as master and to bind her future, while she recalls how she once rebuffed Valenti’s advances. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20250607222502alpi 1924 FI Reading ease score: 53.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. fi Finnish drama -- 20th century PH Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 199662 2025-09-30T08:16:07.041461 text/html 143526 2025-09-30T08:16:14.013413 application/epub+zip 145846 2025-09-30T08:16:10.595461 application/epub+zip 126974 2025-09-30T08:16:08.613404 application/epub+zip 282065 2025-09-30T08:16:16.368399 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261041 2025-09-30T08:16:13.351409 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171255 2025-09-30T08:16:06.755487 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 151516 2025-07-26T13:12:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14804 2025-09-30T08:16:16.489390 application/rdf+xml 13516 2025-09-30T08:16:10.001398 image/jpeg 3333 2025-09-30T08:16:09.757488 image/jpeg 142749 2025-09-30T08:16:07.057523 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