Project Gutenberg 2016-03-14 Public domain in the USA. 28 Topelius, Zacharias 1818 1898 Topelius, Zachris Topelius, Zakarias Topelius, Zakris Topelius, Sakarias senior, Zacharias Topelius Krohn, Helmi 1871 1967 Setälä, Helmi Setala, Helmi Helmi Setälä Rautakylän vanha parooni E-text prepared by Tapio Riikonen "Rautakylän vanha parooni" by Zacharias Topelius is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds during the reign of King Gustav III of Sweden, exploring the lives of the Drakenhjelm family and the social dynamics of their time. The central figures include the old Baron Magnus Drakenhjelm and his housekeeper, Lisette, whose interactions reveal the complexities of class, loyalty, and the decline of nobility. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to a scene in the harsh winter of 1838, where a weary traveler, Lotta, and her blind grandmother are trapped on the icy expanse of Lake Näsijärvi. Their journey becomes arduous due to a weary horse and increasingly dark and threatening surroundings. Meanwhile, the narrative hints at the historical backdrop by shifting to the ancestral home of the Drakenhjelm family, where the aging Baron Magnus finds himself in a dilapidated mansion filled with remnants of former glory. The opening chapters set up the contrast between the baron's fading aristocracy and the emerging social realities, preparing for deeper explorations of character and theme as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fi Swedish fiction -- Translations into Finnish PT Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 243539 243472 2024-09-21T12:37:27.920121 2023-09-22T09:37:26.006213 text/html text/html 243532 243465 2024-09-21T12:37:28.177115 2023-09-22T09:37:26.166178 text/html text/html 166007 2024-09-21T12:37:35.085119 application/epub+zip 168975 2024-09-21T12:37:31.336071 application/epub+zip 161011 2024-09-21T12:37:30.096089 application/epub+zip 326768 2024-09-21T12:37:37.847067 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314250 2024-09-21T12:37:34.349071 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 271058 2022-09-23T12:21:41.661171 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 221050 221034 2024-09-21T12:37:27.483120 2023-09-22T09:37:25.708188 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 211801 2016-03-14T09:37:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 84782 2016-03-14T09:38:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18984 2024-09-21T12:37:37.986037 application/rdf+xml 15028 2024-09-21T12:37:30.656086 image/jpeg 3948 2024-09-21T12:37:30.369099 image/jpeg 167955 2024-09-21T12:37:28.201148 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fi.wikipedia en.wikipedia fi.wikipedia sv.wikipedia