| Author |
Treller, Franz, 1839-1908 |
| Translator |
Swan, Anni, 1875-1958 |
| Uniform Title |
Der Enkel der Könige. Finnish
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| Title |
Kuningasten jälkeläinen: Seikkailuromaani
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 43.6 (College-level). Difficult to read.
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| Credits |
Produced by Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen
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| Summary |
"Kuningasten jälkeläinen: Seikkailuromaani" by Franz Treller is an adventure novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in a historical backdrop that revolves around the conflicts and events occurring in Central America, particularly focusing on the destinies of two main characters: Pablo, a young boy of indigenous descent, and Maria, a girl of Spanish heritage. The narrative presents themes of identity, social tension, and the harsh realities faced by those of different backgrounds in the historical landscape of war and upheaval. The opening of the novel introduces a tense chase involving two indigenous riders who are fleeing while carrying a small child, highlighting the immediate danger associated with a larger group of pursuers. One of the riders, Azual, refuses to harm the child, indicating that he is a royal descendant, which establishes the importance of lineage within the plot. As they attempt to evade capture, the narrative shifts to a group of white men discovering the abandoned child, suggesting the intertwining fates of the characters. The scene sets up a deep sense of impending doom while revealing the complexity of cultural relations, hinting at the historical conflicts that will shape the characters' lives throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
Finnish |
| LoC Class |
PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
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| Subject |
Adventure stories
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| Subject |
German fiction -- Translations into Finnish
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
51406 |
| Release Date |
Mar 9, 2016 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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