Topelius

American  

[too-pey-lee-uhs] / tʊˈpeɪ li əs /

noun

1. Zakarias 1818–98, Finnish poet and novelist.

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Example Sentences

Topelius, though confined to his bed by illness for eleven years, took down the songs from travelling merchants brought to his bedside.

From National Epics by Rabb, Kate Milner

Another very popular air is the following, written by Zachris Topelius, whose fairy tales are now being translated into English—

From Through Finland in Carts by Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)

The Sun, Philadelphia, says: "We would much prefer teaching a youth Swedish history from the novels of Topelius than from any book of strict historical narrative."

From The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)

He was also a very well-read man—I owe to him, for instance, my acquaintance with the writings of the Finnish novelist Topelius.

From Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography by Roosevelt, Theodore

Eleven hymns by two of Finland’s great poets, Johan Ludvig Runeberg and Zachris Topelius, are also found in the appendix.

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin