Dzieci

by Bolesław Prus

Quand les parents sont fatigués des révolutions, leurs enfants reprennent le flambeau : à chaque génération sa révolte ou insurrection ! Ce roman politique raconte, sur fond de la révolution polonaise des années 1905-1907, les baroques tribulations des "Chevaliers de la Liberté". L'Histoire semble se répéter indéfiniment à l'interface de ces deux Europes, l'occidentale et l'orientale.

248 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 248

About the author

Bolesław Prus (pronounced:[bɔ'lεswaf 'prus]; Hrubieszów, August 20, 1847 – May 19, 1912, Warsaw), whose actual name was Aleksander Głowacki, was a Polish journalist and novelist who is known especially for his novels The Doll and Pharaoh. He was the leading representative of realism in 19th-century Polish literature and remains a distinctive voice in world literature. Głowacki took the pen name "Prus" from the name of his family coat-of-arms.

An indelible mark was left on Prus by his experiences as a 15-year-old soldier in the Polish 1863 Uprising against Imperial Russia, in which he suffered severe injuries and imprisonment.

In 1872 at age 25, in Warsaw, Prus settled into a distinguished 40-year journalistic career. As a sideline, to augment his income and to appeal to readers through their aesthetic sensibilities, he began writing short stories. Achieving success with these, he went on to employ a broader canvas; between 1886 and 1895, he completed four major novels on "great questions of our age."

Of his novels, perennial favorites with readers are The Doll and Pharaoh. The Doll describes the romantic infatuation of a man of action who is frustrated by the backwardness of his society. Pharaoh, Prus' only historical novel, is a study of political power and statecraft, set in ancient Egypt at the fall of its 20th Dynasty and of the New Kingdom.

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Reviews

[Krystian Stelzer]

Naprawdę mierny Prus, dziadzia daj se siana. Powieść prawie że tendencyjna, omijająca najważniejsze problemy związane z rewolucją. Rozumiem zamysł powieści, ale postaci są tak jednowymiarowe, że aż dziwne że napisał to BOLESŁAW.

[Andrii]

Last novel of Prus, telling the story of young Polish people eager to fight for Polish independence from Russian Empire in the time of 1905 revolution in Russian empire. Evolution of world outlook of young man is shown. He will face a lot of obstacles in order to show if he really worth it. The book is very emotional as Prus has a lot of bad things happening in his life at the time of writing it. That is why the book is full of emotions, doubt and fear. Not really optimistic but these were the times of 1905 revolution, which were not so bright at all.

[Julia Wilczak]

Byłoby troszkę wyżej, gdyby nie to, że po Prusie spodziewałam się czegoś znacznie lepszego. Okropnie mnie to zmęczyło, bohaterowie byli tak pozbawieni charakteru, a wydarzenia tak dopasowane do ogólnej tendencji, że całość przeleciała mi gdzieś nad głową. Najlepszą częścią jest zakończenie - głównie dlatego, że jest już zakończeniem (chociaż kwestia zbyt szybko podjętej decyzji trochę chwyta za serce).

[krwawiśnia]

zakończenie mnie rozbiło

[Robert Kałuziński]

Ciekawie się czytało, smutne zakończenie życia Kazimierza Świrskiego