Kun meri antoi omansa takaisin by Gabriel Sanden
"Kun meri antoi omansa takaisin" by Gabriel Sanden is a novel written in the early 20th century. It appears to be a dramatic, character-driven story born from the Titanic disaster, following Finnish-born engineer Henry Patterson and his wife Elinor as fate, survival, and identity intertwine. The tone blends maritime catastrophe with domestic suspense and hints of an unknown survivor, promising a tale of loss, hope, and possible return. The opening of the
novel places readers aboard the Titanic’s luxurious smoking room, where complacent chatter gives way to crisis after the collision near the ice fields. Amid the measured evacuation, Henry Patterson acts with quiet resolve—witnessing panic, freeing trapped passengers behind a locked iron door, and finally struggling for life in the freezing sea before being struck away from a lifeboat. The scene then shifts to Chicago, where Elinor refuses public grief, convinced her husband lives, while the family’s lawyer, Oskar E. Hall, circles with calculating interest. The section closes in Liverpool, where a hospital doctor and nurse worry over an unidentified patient—“the Nameless”—a hint that the sea may yet have given someone back. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Sanden, Gabriel, 1885-1933 |
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| Translator | Krohn, Helmi, 1871-1967 |
| Uniform Title | När hafvet gaf igen. Finnish |
| Title | Kun meri antoi omansa takaisin |
| Original Publication | Jyväskylä: K. J. Gummerus Osakeyhtiö, 1924. |
| Credits | Tuula Temonen and Johanna Kankaanpää |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Swedish fiction -- Translations into Finnish |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78146 |
| Release Date | Mar 8, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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