Juvenilia : Nuoren teinin ja runoniekan muistelmia by Larin-Kyösti
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"Juvenilia" by Larin-Kyösti is a collection of autobiographical sketches written in the early 20th century. The work evokes a poet’s boyhood in a Finnish town, blending lyrical nature writing with candid portraits of family, servants, neighbors, and youthful exploits. Its central figure is a sensitive, imaginative child whose encounters with loyalty, vice, danger, and beauty shape a nascent artistic conscience. The opening of the collection recalls the narrator reading on a rooftop,
lost in Robinson Crusoe, and looking down on his home, yard, park, and neighbors (even glimpsing a young Jean Sibelius), before descending to everyday life. It then paints a warm, wry portrait of Renki-Kustaa, a faithful yet drink-prone farmhand who repeatedly strays and returns, followed by a harsher sketch of a sly gambler whose cheating and influence help unravel the household before his own fortunes collapse. At the start of the long sailing vignette, the boy receives a small boat, learns to handle wind and water, survives a sudden squall, revels in midsummer lights and fireworks, and witnesses both rescues and unsettling signs of death—moments that pierce his innocence while sharpening his sense of the world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Larin-Kyösti, 1873-1948 |
|---|---|
| Title | Juvenilia : Nuoren teinin ja runoniekan muistelmia |
| Original Publication | Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, 1927. |
| Contents | Juvenilia: Kotitaloni. Vanha Renki-Kustaa. Peluri. Oispa pursi ja... Relegatio. Paimenhuilu (muistelma J.H. Erkosta). Thaleijan temppeliherra (muistelmia Kaarlo Bergbomista). In dulci jubilo (muistelma Eino Leinosta). Rappiolla. Viinuri. Hämäläisiä. Karjalaisia. Katupeilin kuvia. Killin ensi seikkailu -- Jälkimuistelmia: Punainen kukko. Kuolemannäky. Vierailla veräjillä. |
| Credits | Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PH: Language and Literatures: Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures |
| Subject | Finnish literature |
| Subject | Leino, Eino, 1878-1926 |
| Subject | Bergbom, Kaarlo Johan, 1843-1906 |
| Subject | Authors, Finnish -- Biography |
| Subject | Larin-Kyösti, 1873-1948 |
| Subject | Erkko, J. H., 1849-1906 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 78859 |
| Release Date | Jun 14, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 542 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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