Which monumental five-volume novel pentalogy by A. H. Tammsaare chronicles Estonian rural and social life between the 1870s and 1930s?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Tõde ja õigus
- Step 1: Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878–1940) is regarded as Estonia's greatest 20th-century novelist. Step 2. His masterpiece Tõde ja õigus (1926–1933) spans five volumes depicting man's struggle with land, God, society, himself, and in resignation. Answer: Tõde ja õigus. Why not the others: Kõrboja peremees (1922) is a single-volume novel; Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan (1939) is his final allegorical novel; Mäeküla piimamees (1916) was written by Eduard Vilde.
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