The Doll, The (Central European Classics) (CEU Press Classics)

The Doll, The (Central European Classics) (CEU Press Classics)

by David Welsh (Editor), Boleslaw Prus (Author), Dariusz Tolczyk (Editor), StanislawBaranczak (Editor), Anna Zaranko (Editor)

Synopsis

The city of Warsaw, under Russian rule in the late 1870s, is the setting for this sweeping panorama of social conflict, political tensions and personal suffering. The middle-aged hero, Wokulski, is being destroyed by his obsessive love for the frigid, aristocratic society "doll" Izabela.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 702
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: 01 Jun 1996

ISBN 10: 1858660653
ISBN 13: 9781858660653

Media Reviews
A masterpiece ... excellent translation.
Author Bio

Boleslaw Prus was the pseudonym of Alexander Glowacki (1847-1912), an outstanding realist writer and essayist, shaped by his youthful experience of participating in the January Uprisings against Tsarist rule.