Ei niin salattua, ettei ilmi tulisi : Tositapahtumiin perustuva kertomus
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"Ei niin salattua, ettei ilmi tulisi : Tositapahtumiin perustuva kertomus" is a true-event-based novella written in the late 19th century. It appears to be a moral-crime tale set in a small German town, following a generous clockmaker with a hidden past and his devoted foster son as a shocking murder and a fraught investigation test loyalty, justice, and conscience. The opening of the novella introduces Selming, a respected and charitable mechanic–clockmaker living
quietly in a South German town, who takes in an orphan, Herman, and trains him; the two form a deep, filial bond. Selming is found murdered, and suspicion falls on Herman after he leaves town early on a secret errand; fragments of a torn letter and a cache of money deepen suspicion. Brought before a conflicted judge, Herman refuses to reveal Selming’s private business, reacts in shock to a knife engraved “Hannu Lobe,” and finally, under torture, falsely confesses, then escapes from a secure cell with mysterious help before being recaptured and condemned. At the scaffold he proclaims his innocence, when an agitated man—Selming’s landlord—bursts in and confesses; he is revealed as Henrik Dorff, also known as Ditlev, an old criminal associate. The judge, now believing Herman, learns Selming’s secret past through papers: Selming was once Hannu Lobe, a repentant former thief whose life turned after a botched burglary, years as a soldier and clockmaker abroad, and a return devoted to restitution. Herman explains his journey and the torn letter were part of Selming’s discreet reparations, and that the prison break was aided by an unknown benefactor. The section closes with the judge disclosing that the landlord and Ditlev are the same man and the true murderer, clarifying the tangled case. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Anonymous |
|---|---|
| Uniform Title | En lærerig fortælling. Finnish |
| Title | Ei niin salattua, ettei ilmi tulisi : Tositapahtumiin perustuva kertomus |
| Original Publication | Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän Kirjapaino, 1893. |
| Credits | Tapio Riikonen |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 38.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Danish fiction -- Translations into Finnish |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76381 |
| Release Date | Jun 25, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2952 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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