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Bolesław Prus

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born

August 20, 1847 in Hrubieszów, Poland

died

May 19, 1912

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, History

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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...more

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Books by Bolesław Prus

Average rating: 3.28 · 2,291 ratings · 41 reviews · 24 distinct works

	The Doll 3.66 avg rating — 1,020 ratings — published 1890 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Faraon 3.51 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 1897 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Kamizelka 2.96 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Katarynka 2.49 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 1881	My rating:
	Antek 2.27 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1880	My rating:
	Emancypantki 3.58 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1894 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Anielka 2.30 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1885 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Nowele i opowiadania 3.00 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1890	My rating:
	Placówka 2.94 avg rating — 34 ratings	My rating:
	Z legend dawnego Egiptu 3.05 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1888	My rating:

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Quotes by Bolesław Prus

“Don’t think about happiness. If it doesn’t come, there’s no disappointment; if it does come, it’s a surprise.”
― Bolesław Prus

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