Seitsemän veljestä

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Seitsemän veljestä is a classic 1870 Finnish novel by Aleksis Kivi that follows the tumultuous coming-of-age of seven unruly brothers and is considered a cornerstone of Finnish literature.

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Seitsemän veljestä canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Finnish novel
novel
author Aleksis Kivi NERFINISHED
containsElement depictions of nature
folklore
humor
religious motifs
countryOfOrigin Finland
firstPublicationForm serialized publication
fullBookPublicationYear 1870
genre coming-of-age fiction
novel
realist literature
hasAdaptation Seitsemän veljestä (comic adaptation) NERFINISHED
Seitsemän veljestä (film)
Seitsemän veljestä (opera) NERFINISHED
Seitsemän veljestä (play)
hasCharacterGroup Jukola brothers NERFINISHED
influenced Finnish national literature
isConsidered classic of world literature in Finnish
literaryMovement realism
literarySignificance cornerstone of Finnish literature
first major novel written in Finnish
mainCharacter Aapo NERFINISHED
Eero NERFINISHED
Juhani NERFINISHED
Lauri NERFINISHED
Simeoni NERFINISHED
Timo NERFINISHED
Tuomas NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus life of seven brothers
numberOfMainCharacters 7
originalLanguage Finnish
protagonistGroupSize seven
publicationYear 1870
publisher G. W. Edlund NERFINISHED
settingLocation rural Finland
theme Finnish national identity
coming of age
conflict with authority
education
relationship between individual and society
responsibility
rural life
timePeriodOfSetting 19th century
titleLanguage Finnish
titleTranslation Seven Brothers NERFINISHED

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Aleksis Kivi originalTitle Seitsemän veljestä
Aleksis Kivi wrote Seitsemän veljestä
"Seven Brothers" originalTitle Seitsemän veljestä
subject surface form: Seven Brothers