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| Original Title: | Lalka |
| ISBN: | 1858660653 (ISBN13: 9781858660653) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Stanislaw Wokulski, Ignacy Rzecki, Izabela Lecka, Julian Ochocki, Ludwik Starski, Mrs. Stawska, Kazia Wasowska, Mr. Szlangbaum, Mr. Lecki, Baroness Krzeszowska, Suzin, Professor Geist, Baron Dalski, Ewelina Janocka, Felicja Janocka |
| Setting: | Warsaw(Poland) Poland Paris(France) |
Bolesław Prus
Paperback | Pages: 702 pages Rating: 3.83 | 7317 Users | 126 Reviews
Point About Books The Doll
| Title | : | The Doll |
| Author | : | Bolesław Prus |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 702 pages |
| Published | : | December 19th 1996 by Oxford University Press, USA (first published 1890) |
| Categories | : | European Literature. Polish Literature. Classics. Fiction. Academic. School. Cultural. Poland. Historical. Historical Fiction. Novels |
Description Concering Books The Doll
Warsaw under Russian rule in the late 1870s is the setting for Prus’s grand panorama of social conflict, political tension, and personal suffering. The middle-aged hero, Wokulski, successful in business, is being destroyed by his obsessive love for a frigid society doll, Izabela. Embattled aristocrats, the new men of finance, Dickensian tradesmen, and the urban poor all come vividly to life on the vast, superbly detailed canvas against which Wokulski’s personal tragedy is played out.Unlike his Western European counterparts, Prus had to work under official censorship. In this edition, most of the smaller cuts made by the Tsarist censor have been restored, and one longer fragment is included as an appendix.
Rating About Books The Doll
Ratings: 3.83 From 7317 Users | 126 ReviewsCritique About Books The Doll
One of the best novels written by Polish writers ever. Really, if you are considering which book by Polish writers to read you should choose this one. It isn't a pleasant story. It is one of those that helps one to better understand people and changes in society. One of those that it is really hard to forget.Many levels, many points of views.An amazing study of society and a deep study of human nature.This book made me think why (during reading it) I was constantly expecting that Izabela would1.5 stars
I have been reading this book for a year. 1) It's long and hard to carry around. 2) I don't want it to end. 3) Polish society from a hundred years ago takes a very long time to immerse oneself into so I have to block out an hour at a time to read it and I rarely have a spare hour. Picked it up on Kundera's rec'.
Think of Tolstoy set in Warsaw with a dash of Trollope and a pinch of Dickens thrown in for good measure.
This book is lesson in relationship placed in 19th centaury Warsaw. Its about, how we can feel love toward someone, by driving ourselves into feelings based on our imagination from permanent thinking about someone. And yes, we all do this at some level, especially at the beginning of friendship. But I do think that, when you enjoy presence of someone, you want to spend more time with them rather than over process and agonize things that happened only for one. And here attachment to social class
This is a thoroughly enjoyable classic novel from Poland. It reads very much like a Victorian novel. Prus seems to be tackling the idea of class and how it affects relationships. I was pleasantly surprised at the humor--especially found in the chapters narrated by the 'Old Clerk'.
This is the acclaimed Polish classic written by Prus serialised in 1897 and full novel form in 1890. It is set in Warshaw in Poland then split between Russian, Austrian and Prussia; the local history preceding the events of the novel appear quite complicated but are detailed to some extent in the books notes but uprisings, unification and the elites, politics, modernity etc are the backdrop.The story is a Dickensian length of 679 pages small font text and a weighty tome I in fact read the ebook
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