Hirven-hiihtäjät by Johan Ludvig Runeberg

"Hirven-hiihtäjät" by Johan Ludvig Runeberg is a hexameter poem written in 1832. This nine-song work depicts folk life through a moose hunt intertwined with a courtship story. Part of Runeberg's "Finnish series," the poem presents an idyllic vision of peasant communities, celebrating virtues like humility, hard work, and contentment. The narrative creates a harmonious portrait where nature and human life share the same rhythm and language, written in a style close to everyday speech. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Runeberg, Johan Ludvig, 1804-1877
Translator Blom, E. J. (Erik Johan), 1817-1887
Title Hirven-hiihtäjät
Note Wikipedia page about this book: fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirvenhiiht%C3%A4j%C3%A4t
Credits Produced by Jari Koivisto and Tapio Riikonen
Reading Level Reading ease score: 51.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language Finnish
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Poetry
Category Text
EBook-No. 47154
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Oct 24, 2024
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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