Historiallisia kuvauksia hätäajoilta ja vainovuosilta by Petrus Nordmann
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"Historiallisia kuvauksia hätäajoilta ja vainovuosilta" by Petrus Nordmann is a collection of historical sketches written in the late 19th century. It portrays Finland’s ordeals during famine, war, and plague around the turn of the 18th century, focusing on everyday people rather than great leaders. The scenes follow townsfolk, clergy, soldiers, and sailors—such as the conscientious magistrate Jabel, the fisherman Kustaa Örn, the blunt chaplain Simo Starck, and his soldier-bound son Gideon Gabriel—as
they struggle to endure and act with dignity amid scarcity and fear. The opening of the collection frames the project with an old 1694 hymnbook whose owner’s marginal notes briefly trace a life of campaigns, plague, wounds, captivity, and return, setting a tone of humble witness to hard times. It then moves to Helsinki at the turn of 1695, where a wintry tavern gathering reveals hunger, civic strain, and rough humor as Jabel, raatimies Reimers, craftsmen, and a ruined former scholar quarrel over blame, charity, and survival. Next, in 1697, famine grips the city: Jabel keeps watch for a promised relief ship, desperate beggars plead in the streets, and a fisherman couple bringing fish is mobbed before the community rallies to tow a becalmed grain ship to shore and kneel in thanks. Finally, in Turku, a comic yet telling visit from chaplain Starck to a professor ends with the decision that Starck’s son Gideon will leave his faltering studies and join the cavalry, underscoring how war draws in even the reluctant and unprepared. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Nordmann, Petrus, 1858-1923 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Hannikainen, P. J., 1854-1924 |
| Uniform Title | Historiska skildringar från nödtider och ofredsår. Finnish |
| Title | Historiallisia kuvauksia hätäajoilta ja vainovuosilta |
| Original Publication | Jyväskylä: K. J. Gummerus, 1899. |
| Contents | Vanha virsikirja -- Takkavalkean ääressä Antero Viininlaskijan luona -- Miksi ei laiva tule -- Gideon Gabriel jättää Alma mater'in -- Venäläiset hyökkäävät Porvooseen -- Hirmurutto -- Pieni päivänpilkahdus -- Kuninkaan käsky -- Hautaus Röysön suolla -- Suuri tappelu -- Kuulumisia vitsauksen maasta -- Toverukset Torbasov & Ljukin -- Stefan Löfvingin päiväkirjasta -- Karhun pesä -- Kotiinpäin -- Elokuun 30:s päivä. |
| Credits | Tuula Temonen |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Subject | Swedish fiction -- Translations into Finnish |
| Subject | Short stories, Swedish -- Translations into Finnish |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76697 |
| Release Date | Aug 17, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 288 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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