Venny SoldanBrofeldt and Juhani Aho 1983,first edition 1894
Artist couple writer Juhani Aho and his painter wife Venny Soldan-Brofeldt made this book over hundred years ago. The drawings portray the lives of ordinary people. Every drawing has a kalevala type of rhyme.
This book was an accomplishment in time when picture books were not yet set as a type of literature.
This book was printed again in 2009 to celebrate WSOY's 125 anniversery.The images are very delicate. Needless to say that my boys were not interested in this book at all. The title says this was meant for children and youths. I cannot imagine any teenager reading this book today, exept for studying the drawing style or rhymes. Did they read it in the late 1890s? What did they get out of it?
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