nemesis Pearu is not evil in his heart. Though he is restless in harassing his neighbour and is motivated by jealousy and need to compete, he has also a brighter side – he can be kind, friendly and magnanimous. He enjoys life as a game, bickering and contest. Right and wrong, good and evil, truth and lie are all a game to him. Indrek Indrek was born to into a traditional farm family before the turn of the 20th century. In Vol.II, he leaves home for an education at a private school where he is exposed to modern skepticism. His first love is a girl who dies of tuberculosis. It's a trauma which shakes his belief in God and leads to his expulsion from school. In Vol.III, he moves to town and accidentally gets caught up in a group associated with the Russian revolution of 1905. Initially the lofty ideals appeal to him. As they are put into action, however, he is appalled by the gratuitous violence and self-serving actions of many of the revolutionaries. At the height of the violence, Indrek leaves the group to tend to his mother, suffering greatly and in need of pain killers. After Indrek acquires some from town, his mother badgers Indrek to give her an overdose which euthanizes her. In Vol.IV, marries and starts a family. Family life is unhappy. In Vol.V, he returns to the family farm where he began. So far, only Vol.I has appeared in English. Translations of Vol.II and III, are in progress. Mister Maurus Mister Maurus (, also Papa Maurus) is an archetypal school teacher character, inspired by Hugo Treffner. The character appears primarily in the second part of Tammsaare's pentalogy. Film In 2019, the first book in the pentalogy was adapted into a film by director Tanel Toom for Allfilm and starred Priit Loog as Andres, Priit Võigemast as Pearu, Ester Kuntu as Mari, and Maiken Schmidt as Krõõt. By mid-March 2019, Toom's critically acclaimed adaptation has become the most-watched film ever shown in Estonian cinemas. References Estonian novels Novel series 1926 novels Estonian novels adapted into films