“You might as well ask—how can brandy burn?”
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Juhani Aho
Juhani Aho, originally Johannes Brofeldt, was a Finnish author and journalist. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature sixteen times.
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culture · Finnish author and journalist (1861–1921) · journalist · writer · novelist · also Juhani Aho, Johannes Brofeldt, Jussi Aho, Aho
Born 11 September 1861 · Died 8 August 1921 · Q348623
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2026· 5 entries
“Hark ye, mother—ought n't we to buy us a lamp?”
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“What! Don't you know that the storekeeper who lives in the market town has brought from St. Petersburg lamps that actually burn better than ten päreä?[1] They've already got a lamp of the sort at the parsonage.”
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“Oh, yes! Is n't it one of those things which shines in the middle of the room so that we can see to read in every corner, just as if it was broad daylight?”
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“That's just it. There's oil that burns in it, and you only have to light it of an evening, and it burns on without going out till the next morning.”
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2020· 1 entry
Yle: Juhani Aho: Alakuloisuuden ylistys, Kaksin sekä Miten tahtoisin elää ja miten kuolla.
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1921· 1 entry
Died 1921-08-08.
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1906· 1 entry
Got to know Huopanankoski rapids in Viitasaari
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1890· 1 entry
Controversially bold by the standards of Finnish literature in that epoch, is a roman à clef
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1861· 1 entry
Born 1861-09-11.
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