The Railway

· Haberdash Books
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Finland’s most celebrated novel — a farmer walks three days to witness the iron horse. A masterpiece of Finnish literature, now in a new English translation from Haberdash Books.
Finland’s most celebrated novel — a farmer walks three days to witness the iron horse. A masterpiece of Finnish literature, now in a new English translation from Haberdash Books.

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Juhani Aho (1861–1921) was Finland’s most celebrated prose writer and a defining figure in Finnish literary history. His novella Rautatie (The Railway, 1884), a tender portrait of rural Finland confronting industrialisation, is considered one of the founding works of Finnish literature.

Haberdash Books is dedicated to bringing overlooked works of European and world literature into English. We specialise in nineteenth and early twentieth-century fiction from lesser-translated languages and traditions.

Juhani Aho (1861–1921) was Finland’s most celebrated prose writer and a defining figure in Finnish literary history. His novella Rautatie (The Railway, 1884), a tender portrait of rural Finland confronting industrialisation, is considered one of the founding works of Finnish literature. Haberdash...

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