Kun meri antoi omansa takaisin by Gabriel Sanden
"Kun meri antoi omansa takaisin" by Gabriel Sanden is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the Titanic disaster and its aftermath, weaving themes of survival, identity, and the bonds of marriage across the Atlantic. It centers on Finnish-born American engineer Henry Patterson and his wife Elinor, balancing public catastrophe with private hope and intrigue. The tone blends suspense with intimate emotion, moving from opulent salons to
steerage corridors and from Chicago parlors to British hospital wards. At the start, an after-dinner conversation in the Titanic’s smoking lounge shifts from complacent confidence to unease as the ship strikes ice and begins to list. Amid the controlled chaos, Henry Patterson moves through the decks, helps with lifeboats, and heroically breaks open a locked door to free trapped steerage passengers before being dragged into the freezing sea during the ship’s breakup; he struggles toward a lifeboat and is beaten back. The scene then moves to Chicago, where Elinor Patterson clings to the conviction that her husband lives, worrying her physician brother even as the family’s calculating lawyer, Oskar Hall, maneuvers around the estate. Finally, in Liverpool, a hospital’s staff are troubled by the condition of an unidentified patient. Together, these opening movements set a mystery of survival and recognition in motion against the backdrop of tragedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Sanden, Gabriel, 1885-1933 |
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| Translator | Krohn, Helmi, 1871-1967 |
| Uniform Title | När hafvet gaf igen. Finnish |
| Title | Kun meri antoi omansa takaisin |
| Original Publication | Jyväskylä: K. J. Gummerus Osakeyhtiö, 1924. |
| Credits | Tuula Temonen and Johanna Kankaanpää |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Swedish fiction -- Translations into Finnish |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78146 |
| Release Date | Mar 8, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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