| Author |
Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 |
| Translator |
Jaakkola, Väinö, 1888-1942 |
| Uniform Title |
Le rêve. Finnish
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| Title |
Unelma: Romaani
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 40.5 (College-level). Difficult to read.
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| Credits |
Produced by Tapio Riikonen
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| Summary |
"Unelma: Romaani" by Émile Zola is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story likely explores themes of social injustice, personal struggle, and the quest for belonging, centered around the character Angélique, a young girl who faces immense hardships and yearns for warmth and acceptance in a cold world. The opening of "Unelma" introduces a bitterly cold winter in the town of Beaumont, where a nine-year-old girl named Angélique is found shivering under a church portico, desperately seeking shelter from the blizzard. She is portrayed as a fragile figure, dressed in rags and struggling with hunger and loneliness. We glean snippets of her past, revealing she is an orphan with unknown parents, a status affirmed by the discovery of a government-issued book outlining her identity as a foundling. The narrative hints at her fierce spirit beneath her vulnerable exterior, as she clings to her only possession, a small book, asserting her superiority over those who have wronged her. As she is taken in by a couple, Hubert and Hubertine, we see hints of her complicated emotions and resilience, setting the stage for her journey towards acceptance and self-discovery in a world that initially seems indifferent to her plight. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
Finnish |
| LoC Class |
PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
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| Subject |
Christian life -- Fiction
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| Subject |
France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
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| Subject |
Dreams -- Fiction
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
44657 |
| Release Date |
Jan 13, 2014 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads |
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