The Doll (Polish title: Lalka) is the second of four major novels by the Polish writer Boles aw Prus (real name Aleksander G owacki). It was composed for periodical serialization in 1887-89 and appeared in book form in 1890. The Doll has been regarded by some, including Nobel laureate Czes aw Mi osz, as the greatest Polish novel. According to Prus biographer Zygmunt Szweykowski, it may be unique in 19th-century world literature as a comprehensive, compelling picture of an entire society. While The Doll takes its fortuitous title from a minor episode involving a stolen toy, readers commonly...
The Doll (Polish title: Lalka) is the second of four major novels by the Polish writer Boles aw Prus (real name Aleksander G owacki). It was composed ...
Lalka is the second of four major novels by the Polish writer Boles aw Prus. It was composed for periodical serialization in 1887-89 and appeared in book form in 1890. The Doll has been regarded by some, including Nobel laureate Czes aw Mi osz, as the greatest Polish novel. According to Prus biographer Zygmunt Szweykowski, it may be unique in 19th-century world literature as a comprehensive, compelling picture of an entire society. While The Doll takes its fortuitous title from a minor episode involving a stolen toy, readers commonly assume that it refers to the principal female character,...
Lalka is the second of four major novels by the Polish writer Boles aw Prus. It was composed for periodical serialization in 1887-89 and appeared in b...
Faraon is the fourth and last major novel by the Polish writer Boles aw Prus (1847-1912). Composed over a year in 1894-95, it was the sole historical novel by an author who had earlier disapproved of historical novels on the ground that they inevitably distort history. Pharaoh has been described by Czes aw Mi osz as a "novel on... mechanism s] of state power and, as such, ... probably unique in world literature of the nineteenth century.... Prus, in] selecting the reign of 'Pharaoh Ramses XIII' in the eleventh century BCE, sought a perspective that was detached from... pressures of ...
Faraon is the fourth and last major novel by the Polish writer Boles aw Prus (1847-1912). Composed over a year in 1894-95, it was the sole historical ...
IN the northeastern corner of Africa lies Egypt, that land of most ancient civilization. Three, four, and even five thousand years ago, when the savages of Central Europe wore untanned skins for clothing and were cave-dwellers, Egypt had a high social organization, agriculture, crafts, and literature. Above all, it carried out engineering works and reared immense buildings, the remnants of which rouse admiration in specialists of our day.
IN the northeastern corner of Africa lies Egypt, that land of most ancient civilization. Three, four, and even five thousand years ago, when the savag...
