Faraon, Tom 1.

Faraon / The Pharaoh and the Priest #1

by Bolesław Prus

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Polish Literature

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1895

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

[Socrate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pe vremea când Ramses al XII-lea se afla în cel de-al treizeci şi treilea an al fericitei sale domnii, au avut loc în Egipt două ceremonii, care au umplut inimile dreptcredinciosilor săi locuitori de bucurie şi mândrie.
în luna Mehir, adică în decembrie, fusese readusă la Teba, încărcată de daruri scumpe, statuia zeului Honsu, care timp de trei ani şi nouă luni fusese purtată prin ţara Buhten, unde o
însănătoşise pe Bent-res, fiica regelui, şi alungase duhurile rele nu numai din sânul familiei regale, dar chiar şi din cetatea Buhten.
Iar în luna Farmuti, adică în februarie, Mer-amen-Ramses al XII- lea, domnul Egiptului de Sus fi de Jos, stăpânul Feniciei şi al altor nouă popoare, după ce a stat la sfat cu zeii, al căror egal era, l-a
numit drept erpatru al său, adică moştenitor al tronului, pe Hamsemmereramen-Ramses, fiul său, în vârstă de douăzeci de ani.
Alegerea aceasta a stârnit o nesfârşită bucurie în rândurile cucernicilor preoţi, ale nomarhilor destoinici, ale vitezei armate, ale poporului supus, cât şi în rândurile tuturor celor care trăiau pe
pământul egiptean. Căci fiii mai vârstnici ai faraonului, născuţi de o prinţesă hitită, căzuseră pradă duhurilor rele, ca urmare a unor vrăji tainice. Unul, în vârstă de douăzeci şi şapte de ani, dogise de
cum ajunsese major, al doilea îşi tăiase vinele şi murise, iar al treilea, căzând în patima băuturii, îşi pierduse minţile şi, închipuindu-şi că e maimuţă, sta cocoţat de dimineaţa până seara
printre ramurile copacilor.

[Tami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great historical novel, one of the best I've read, certainly about ancient Egypt.

[Beata · Rating 3 out of 5]

And now for volume 2....