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A.H. Tammsaare

Born

in Albu vald, Estonia

January 30, 1878

Died

March 01, 1940

Genre

Fiction

Influences

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A.H. Tammsaare, born Anton Hansen, was an Estonian writer whose pentalogy Truth and Justice (Tõde ja õigus; 1926 – 1933) is considered one of the major works of Estonian literature and "The Estonian Novel".

Tammsaare was born in 1878 into a farming family. He attended secondary school in Tartu from 1898 to 1903 and from 1903 to 1905 he worked as an editor at the Tallinn newspaper, Teataja. In Tallinn he was able to witness the Russian Revolution of 1905.

In 1907 he enrolled as a law student at Tartu University, but in 1911 he was unable to sit his finals, as he became very ill with tuberculosis. He was moved to Sochi on the Black Sea and then to the Caucasus Mountains, where his condition improved. On his return to Estonia, he lived for six y ...more

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	Tõde ja õigus I 3.94 avg rating — 3,728 ratings — published 1926 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kõrboja peremees 3.47 avg rating — 2,191 ratings — published 1922 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan by A.H. Tammsaare, Jaanus Vaiksoo (Järelsõna), Priit Ratassepp (Järelsõna) 3.86 avg rating — 1,199 ratings — published 1939 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tõde ja õigus II 3.81 avg rating — 1,117 ratings — published 1929 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ma armastasin sakslast 3.94 avg rating — 698 ratings — published 1935 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tõde ja õigus V really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 677 ratings — published 1933 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tõde ja õigus IV 3.90 avg rating — 668 ratings — published 1932 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tõde ja õigus III 3.57 avg rating — 558 ratings — published 1931 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elu ja armastus 3.84 avg rating — 395 ratings — published 1934 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Juudit 3.40 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 1921	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Võib-olla ei peaks kunagi hommikul seda lugema, mis südaöösel kirjutatud: hommik ja südaöö ei mõista teineteist või nad mõistavad võõriti.”
― Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Ma armastasin sakslast

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“Tee tööd ja näe vaeva, siis tuleb ka armastus,” ütles isa.
Sina oled teind ja minu ema tegi teda ka, ega muidu nii vara surnud; aga armastus ei tulnd, teda pole tänini Vargamäel.” // Aga mis siis on? Küsib Andres endalt, ega tea vastust.”
― A.H. Tammsaare, Tõde ja õigus V

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“Ma usun neid ridu kirjutades üsna kindlasti, et ma armastasin Teid juba enne meie tutvumist, ainult et ma veel ei teadnud, et just Teie see olete, keda ma armastan.”
― Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Ma armastasin sakslast

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