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Henryk Sienkiewicz

Born

in Wola Okrzejska, Poland

May 05, 1846

Died

November 15, 1916

Genre

History, Historical Fiction

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (also known as "Litwos"; May 5, 1846–November 15, 1916) was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. He was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his "outstanding merits as an epic writer."

Born into an impoverished gentry family in the Podlasie village of Wola Okrzejska, in Russian-ruled Poland, Sienkiewicz wrote historical novels set during the Rzeczpospolita (Polish Republic, or Commonwealth). His works were noted for their negative portrayal of the Teutonic Order in The Teutonic Knights (Krzyżacy), which was remarkable as a significant portion of his readership lived under German rule. M ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 59,534 ratings · 1,889 reviews · 309 distinct works • Similar authors

	Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, W.S. Kuniczak (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 27,075 ratings — published 1894 — 735 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
	Ogniem i mieczem (Trylogia, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 4,537 ratings — published 1884 — 215 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
	In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Max A. Drezmal, France Vodnik (Translator), Nikolaj Omersa (Illustrator) 3.55 avg rating — 6,499 ratings — published 1911 — 236 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
	Potop (Trylogia, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 3,447 ratings — published 1886 — 79 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
	Latarnik 2.87 avg rating — 3,219 ratings — published 1881 — 17 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 Teutonic Knights by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Alicia Tyszkiewicz (Translator), Miroslaw Lipinski (Editor) 3.38 avg rating — 4,627 ratings — published 1899 — 162 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
	Pan Wołodyjowski (Trylogia, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 2,255 ratings — published 1888 — 160 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
	Potop. Tom I 3.90 avg rating — 866 ratings — published 1886 — 87 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
	Yanko the Musician and Other Stories 2.86 avg rating — 1,430 ratings — published 1878 — 21 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
	Krzyżacy, Tom II 3.21 avg rating — 721 ratings — 13 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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Series by Henryk Sienkiewicz

The Trilogy - 3 book edition (3 books)
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Henryk Sienkiewicz

3.95 avg rating — 10,295 ratings

The Trilogy (6 books)
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Henryk Sienkiewicz

3.95 avg rating — 7,147 ratings

The Knights of the Cross or Krzyżacy (1 book)
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Henryk Sienkiewicz,

Alicia Tyszkiewicz (Translator),

Miroslaw Lipinski (Editor)

3.39 avg rating — 4,878 ratings

Quo Vadis (2 books)
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Henryk Sienkiewicz

4.35 avg rating — 60 ratings

In Desert and Wilderness (2 books)
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Henryk Sienkiewicz,

France Vodnik (Translator),

Nikolaj Omersa (Illustrator),

Iztok Ilich (Afterword),

Marijan Tršar (Afterword)

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Quotes by Henryk Sienkiewicz

“But I think happiness springs from another source, a far deeper one that doesn't depend on will because it comes from love.”
― Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

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“Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh.”
― Henryk Sienkiewicz, In Desert and Wilderness

tags: cruelty, hope, hope-and-despair, humanity

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“It is not Atlas who carries the world on his shoulders, but woman; and sometimes she plays with it as with a ball.”
― Henryk Sienkjewicz

tags: atlas, ball, play, quo-vadis, shoulders, woman, women

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Polls

May 2020 Old School Poll

Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782, 418 pages

71 votes, 22.5%

The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle 1891, 416 pages

65 votes, 20.6%

Hunger by Knut Hamsun 1890, 134 pages

57 votes, 18.0%

The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith 1892, 176 pages

50 votes, 15.8%

Evelina by Frances Burney 1778, 455 pages

30 votes, 9.5%

Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot 1857, 310 pages

28 votes, 8.9%

Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz 1894, 589 pages

15 votes, 4.7%

316 total votes

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