Maamme kirja by Zacharias Topelius
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"Maamme kirja" by Zacharias Topelius is a book originally published in Swedish in 1875 that describes Finland, its provinces, nature, people, and history. Written as a textbook for schoolchildren, it served for decades to build national consciousness during Finland's emergence as a unified economic and political entity. Topelius portrayed Finland as a harsh land requiring hard work from its citizens, using the Finnish horse as a model of dedication. The book became
a publishing phenomenon, selling 240,000 copies by 1907. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Topelius, Zacharias, 1818-1898 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Cajander, Paavo Emil, 1846-1913 |
| Uniform Title | Boken om vårt land. Finnish |
| Title | Maamme kirja |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maamme_kirja |
| Credits | Produced by Kristiina Tammitie and Tapio Riikonen |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 40.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Folklore -- Finland |
| Subject | Finland -- History -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 49600 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-49600-9 |
| Release Date | Aug 4, 2015 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 444 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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