Project Gutenberg 2025-08-09 Public domain in the USA. 356 Munro, Neil 1864 1930 Foulis, Hugh Jaakkola, Väinö 1888 1942 Jaakkola, Vaino The daft days. Finnish Nuppu : $b Romaani $aHelsinki :$bKust.Oy Kirja, $c1923. Tuula Temonen "Nuppu : Romaani" by Neil Munro is a novel written in the early 20th century. It appears to be a warm, humorous tale of small‑town Scottish life centering on the Dyce family as they unexpectedly take in an American‑born orphan, Lennox (“Nuppu”), and navigate kinship, manners, and a gentle Scotland‑versus‑America culture clash. The beginning of the novel unfolds on a snow‑bright New Year’s morning in a lively Scottish town: the bell ringer Wully Oliver’s tipsy chimes set a festive tone as pipers, a booming drummer, and street sellers fill the streets. In the Dyce household, Bell Dyce and the spirited maid Kate bustle amid the holiday scents, while Daniel (“Hauska Dan”) jokes his way through the morning and leaves a mischievous slingshot gift for the American nephew they expect from Chicago; Alison (“Ailie”) arrives, and the siblings banter about the boy’s room and his future. A postcard from actor Molyneux announces the child is traveling north alone (“Pip, pip!”), prompting anxious, comic breakfast talk about American habits, Scottish schooling, and what to do with the newcomer. A hard knock interrupts: the child arrives early—and is a girl, not a boy. Calm and quick‑witted, she wins over the household dog at once, repeats the bell ringer’s catchphrases, and explains she helped ring the town bell and was seen off with sweets by “Jim” Molyneux. The opening closes with the family’s delighted astonishment as the poised young Lennox (“Nuppu”) begins telling how she got there. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20250520034929munro 1923 FI Reading ease score: 39.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Psychological fiction Young women -- Fiction Domestic fiction Americans -- Scotland -- Fiction Women household employees -- Fiction Visitors, Foreign -- Fiction Culture shock -- Fiction Argyllshire (Scotland) -- Fiction Colonsay (Scotland) -- Fiction PR Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: British Literature 653516 2025-08-09T16:00:09.887055 text/html 310561 2025-08-09T16:00:26.883981 application/epub+zip 319161 2025-08-09T16:00:17.249972 application/epub+zip 319161 2025-08-09T16:00:12.350039 application/epub+zip 522191 2025-08-09T16:00:35.353902 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 484473 2025-08-09T16:00:26.163996 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 608305 2025-08-09T16:00:09.285017 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 588612 2025-08-09T15:02:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 4162 2025-08-09T16:00:35.500899 application/rdf+xml 8859 2025-08-09T16:00:16.577974 image/jpeg 2402 2025-08-09T16:00:16.330977 image/jpeg 305655 2025-08-09T16:00:09.940005 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 en.wikipedia