Vanhaa viinaa uudessa leilissä : Pakinoita by Tatu Valkonen
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Vanhaa viinaa uudessa leilissä by Tatu Valkonen is a collection of satirical essays written in the early 20th century. The pieces lampoon everyday Finnish life and modern fads through tall tales, mock editorials, and cheerful exaggeration, shifting from rural manors to city parlors and even American shores. Expect a wry, first‑person narrator skewering social pretensions, domestic service woes, youthful crazes, pseudo‑science, and the cult of progress in brisk, joke‑packed vignettes. The opening
of the collection launches with a farcical country episode: a prized trotter is taken on a forbidden night drive, a sleigh is destroyed under a train, and the damage is “paid” by swapping in a portrait commission—painted with inspired shortcuts and guesswork. It then pivots to mock‑serious proposals for a rigorous “home‑help school,” a family saga where school trips bankrupt a father, and a scolding of “modern youth” that collapses into a slapstick jazz‑dance fall. Further sketches include a ballroom pear chased like a football with disastrous courtship results, a fable of two leopards where a bullied male trains up and restores balance, a vegetarian guru outfoxed by his meat‑craving test subject, and two American send‑ups—one groom who repeatedly misses his ship and another marriage renegotiated via lawyers and yachts. The excerpt closes by introducing a tongue‑in‑cheek list of prenuptial rules as the supposed key to marital happiness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Valkonen, Tatu, 1885-1945 |
|---|---|
| Title | Vanhaa viinaa uudessa leilissä : Pakinoita |
| Original Publication | Jyväskylä: K. J. Gummerus Osakeyhtiö, 1929. |
| Credits | Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PH: Language and Literatures: Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures |
| Subject | Finnish wit and humor |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 78007 |
| Release Date | Feb 22, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 6099 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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