Isä ja tytär : Näytelmä 4:ssä näytöksessä by Toivo Tarvas
"Granada in Flammen" by Ludwig Huna is a drama written in the early 20th century. It reads like a social‑realist stage piece that follows a poor Helsinki household, centering on the teenage Leila and her alcoholic father Valtonen, as grief, want, and male predation collide with the petty respectability of their neighbors. The work’s focus is intimate and urban, mixing tenderness with raw, sometimes brutal realism. Readers interested in character-driven drama about
class, vulnerability, and moral hypocrisy will likely be drawn in. The opening of the work shows Leila keeping vigil beside her dead mother’s coffin in a damp basement room, trying to comfort her timid friend Nanna while adults bustle about for the funeral. Her father Valtonen arrives drunk with his mate Virselli, blustering, drinking, and even prying at the coffin lid, revealing both crude affection and cruelty; the widow’s funeral proceeds amid neighbors’ gossip and meager hospitality. Later, we find Leila working in a chilly lemonade kiosk on the esplanade, fending off rowdy schoolboys, confiding her loneliness to a beat cop, and revealing how she drags her drunk father home at night. Class pretensions surface in the Emblund family’s social climb and their condescension toward Leila, even as they speak of “help.” A gentle, artistic Albert warns Leila to be wary of the charming student Savander; soon after, Savander forces his way into the kiosk, and a violent struggle erupts as Albert smashes the window to intervene. The next scene shifts to the Pahlman home, where domestic fuss and talk of Senate duties frame more gossip about Leila’s talent and her father’s decline, underscoring the divide between respectable parlors and the hard life of the girl they discuss. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Tarvas, Toivo, 1883-1937 |
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| Title | Isä ja tytär : Näytelmä 4:ssä näytöksessä |
| Original Publication | Porvoo: WSOY, 1908. |
| Credits | Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PH: Language and Literatures: Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures |
| Subject | Finnish drama -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77399 |
| Release Date | Dec 4, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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