Hiltu ja Ragnar: Kertomus kahdesta ihmislapsesta
A novella published in 1923. Set during the summer of 1906, one year after Finland's great strike, it tells the story of Hiltu, a country girl working as a servant in a lakeside villa in Tampere. When the family's adolescent son Ragnar attempts to seduce her, the shocked girl drowns herself. The work caused moral controversy upon publication and complements themes