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Jaroslav Hašek

Born

in Prague (Austro-Hungarian Empire), Czech Republic

April 30, 1883

Died

January 03, 1923

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

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Jaroslav Hašek was a Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist best known for his novel The Good Soldier Švejk (Czech: Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války), an unfinished collection of farcical incidents about a soldier in World War I and a satire on the ineptitude of authority figures, which has been translated into sixty languages. He also wrote some 1,500 short stories. He was a journalist, bohemian, and practical joker.

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	The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, Josef Lada (Illustrator) , Lumír Nahodil (Translator) , Cecil Parrott (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 13,358 ratings — published 1923 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války, 1. díl – V zázemí (Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války #1) 4.08 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 1921 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Svejk During the World War, Book Two 4.17 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 1923 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Svejk During the World War, Book(s) Three & Four by Jaroslav Hašek, Zdenek "Zenny" K. Sadlon (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 1923 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Przygody dobrego wojaka Szwejka podczas wojny światowej. Tom I i II by Jaroslav Hašek, Paweł Hulka-Laskowski (Translator) 4.08 avg rating — 161 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bachura Scandal and Other Stories and Sketches 4.09 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Red Commissar: Including Further Adventures Of The Good Soldier Svejk And Other Stories by Jaroslav Hašek, Josef Lada (Illustrator) 3.99 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1923 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behind the Lines: Bugulma and Other Stories 3.71 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aféra s křečkem a jiné povídky 4.23 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1954	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الجندي الطيب شفيك و ما جرى له في الحرب العالمية (الكتاب الثالث الهزيمة المجيدة) #3 by Jaroslav Hašek, توفيق الأسدي (Translator) , Jaroslav Hašek 4.30 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války (4 books)
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Quotes by Jaroslav Hašek

“When Švejk subsequently described life in the lunatic asylum, he did so in exceptionally eulogistic terms: 'I really don't know why those loonies get so angry when they're kept there. You can crawl naked on the floor, howl like a jackal, rage and bite. If anyone did this anywhere on the promenade people would be astonished, but there it's the most common or garden thing to do. There's a freedom there which not even Socialists have ever dreamed of.”
― Jaroslav Hašek, The Good Soldier Švejk

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“After debauches and orgies there always follows the moral hangover.”
― Jaroslav Hašek, The Good Soldier Švejk

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“Jesus Christ was innocent too,' said Svejk, 'and all the same they crucified him. No one anywhere has ever worried about a man being innocent. Maul halten und weiter dienen ['Grin and bear it and get on with the job'] - as they used to tell us in the army. That's the best and finest thing of all.”
― Jaroslav Hašek, The Good Soldier Švejk

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Persuasion by Jane Austen, 1817, 249 pages, Last Read Aug. 2015

59 votes, 15.0%

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The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1922, 422 pages, Last Read Jan. 2014

25 votes, 6.4%

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, 1943, 496 pages, Last Read May 2013

25 votes, 6.4%

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, 1984, 320 pages, Last Read Dec. 2012

23 votes, 5.9%

King Lear by William Shakespeare, 1603, 316 pages, Last Read Oct. 2012

21 votes, 5.3%

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1847, 867 pages, Last Read Sep. 2011

16 votes, 4.1%

The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy, 1878, 448 pages, Last Read Oct. 2015

15 votes, 3.8%

The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, 1921, 752 pages, Last Read July 2012

14 votes, 3.6%

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