Erakko : Ynnä muita kertomuksia by Ebba Pauli
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"Erakko : Ynnä muita kertomuksia" by Ebba Pauli is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. Set in a timeless, Christian-tinged landscape, the stories revolve around a mountain hermit who gives quiet, penetrating counsel to people burdened by desire, doubt, grief, and moral struggle. Through parable-like visits—by villagers, a young priest, and even a noble youth—the book explores happiness, prayer, goodness, suffering, and the nature of divine mercy.
The opening of the collection follows a series of pilgrims seeking the hermit’s wisdom. A young woman learns that grasped happiness gained through wrongdoing turns hollow, and later finds enduring peace through sacrifice and obedience to the inner voice. Another woman, long certain her prayers were ignored, discovers that hope and readiness to receive can unlock the love she begged for in marriage. A restless priest who feels life offers only “crumbs” is taught, via the image of two streams and a steady river, to make his people’s joys and sorrows his own. A cheerful traveler who dismisses suffering is shown its role in truthfulness, growth, and solidarity, and is told to “live” suffering rather than curse it. A devout woman striving to be good is told to be like a flower—receive rather than strain—and later recognizes God’s power quietly at work within her, guided by calm, unhurried action and an inward will aligned before God. A grieving mother, haunted by her drowned son’s sins, is consoled with a vision of God as Father beyond death and of purifying pain rather than eternal despair. Finally, a young noble bound for the Crusades, denied the pilgrim’s cross, seeks the hermit’s testing of motives as their conversation begins. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Pauli, Ebba, 1873-1941 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Pekkola, Helmi, 1886-1934 |
| Title | Erakko : Ynnä muita kertomuksia |
| Original Publication | Porvoo: WSOY, 1925. |
| Contents | Erakko -- Kertomus Nunnasta -- Vaeltaja -- Paratiisin portilla. |
| Credits | Tuula Temonen |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 52.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Swedish fiction -- Translations into Finnish |
| Subject | Short stories, Swedish -- Translations into Finnish |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76133 |
| Release Date | May 21, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 247 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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