Meek Heritage (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, European Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: FransEemil Sillanpää
- First Published: 1919
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Impressionistic realism
- Time of Work: 1857-1917
- Setting: Finland
- Principal Characters: Jussi Toivola, Rina, Benjamin, Kalle
- Genres: Long fiction, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, Socialism, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, Farms, farmers, or farming, Death or dying, Servants, Scandinavia or Scandinavians, Peasantry or peasants
- Locales: Finland
The Story:
Benjamin was an old man who had already buried two wives. His overtures to Maja, the servant girl, were matter-of-fact, but somehow Maja saw in this tobacco-dribbling tyrant an opportunity for improvement. She had borne one child out of wedlock, and she longed for position. When they were married, the parson was at some pains to refer to Maja as a maidservant.
As she awaited Jussi’s birth, she thought that now she might be like other farm wives. Benjamin drank far too much and quarreled incessantly. The night her labor started, he went to drink with Ollila,...
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