Ilman menestyksettä by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins
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"Ilman menestyksettä" by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins is a novella written in the early 19th century. This work intertwines themes of poverty, motherhood, and societal welfare within the backdrop of London, focusing on the lives of abandoned children and the struggles of their mothers. As the story unfolds, significant characters emerge, including Sally, a compassionate caretaker at a foundling hospital, and a mysterious mother searching for her child. The opening of
the narrative introduces readers to a cold November night in London, where a mother anxiously waits outside a foundling hospital, reflecting on her turbulent past as she seeks her child. The atmosphere is heavy with tension as the mother encounters Sally, the caretaker. Their conversation reveals the mother's desperation and the emotional weight of her plea. The latter half of the opening shifts in time to fourteen years later, depicting a joyful yet chaotic scene in the foundling hospital where children are fed, hinting at the ongoing themes of innocence and loss that will shape the narrative. This initial segment sets the stage for the exploration of fate, resolve, and the mother-child bond central to the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 |
|---|---|
| Author | Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 |
| Uniform Title | No thoroughfare. Finnish |
| Title |
Ilman menestyksettä Joulukertomus |
| Credits | Produced by Tapio Riikonen |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 39.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 19934 |
| Release Date | Nov 27, 2006 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 284 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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