https://theoviebooks.wordpress.com/ A short story from Finland. "But when we had had the lamp a short time, father planed the walls of the dwelling-room all smooth and white, and they never got black again, especially after the old stove, which used to smoke, had to make room for another" Translated by R. Nisbet Bain Original title: Siihen aikaan kun isä lampun osti First published: 1883 Ovi Magazine: published March 2022