▁attached ▁fant asy ▁to ▁the ▁rail road ▁in ▁their ▁minds . ▁The ▁rail road ▁was ▁a ▁subject ▁of ▁political ▁controvers y ▁during ▁the ▁di ets ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s , ▁which ▁A ho ▁closely ▁followed ▁as ▁a ▁journalist . ▁ ▁A ho ' s ▁closest ▁friends ▁included ▁the ▁J är ne f elt ▁family , ▁whose ▁critic ▁significantly ▁influenced ▁the ▁art istic ▁form ▁of ▁R aut atie . ▁Es pecially ▁Kas per ▁J är ne f elt ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁fixing ▁the ▁mini ature ▁novel ▁page ▁by ▁page . ▁Min na ▁Can th ▁pra ised ▁R aut atie ▁as ▁a ▁master pie ce ▁already ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁first ▁published . ▁She ▁got ▁to ▁read ▁the ▁script ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 8 8 4 . ▁ ▁Notes ▁There ▁have ▁been ▁hundreds ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁copies ▁of ▁R aut atie ▁printed ▁in ▁its ▁original ▁Finn ish . ▁An ▁English ▁translation ▁by ▁O wen ▁W ites man ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁as ▁The ▁Rail road . ▁ ▁It ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁translated ▁to ▁Swedish ▁( J är n vä gen ), ▁Est onian ▁( R aud te e ), ▁German ▁( Die ▁Eisen bahn ) ▁and ▁to ▁four ▁other ▁languages . ▁The ▁Finn ish ▁edition ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁published ▁as ▁R aut atie ▁el i ▁K ert om us ▁uk osta ▁ja ▁ak asta , ▁j ot ka ▁e iv ät ▁ol le et ▁sit ä ▁en nen ▁n äh ne et ▁(" The ▁rail road , ▁that