Istnieje całe mnóstwo książek, które kazano nam czytać głównie z pobudek historycznoliterackich istnieje całe mnóstwo faktów, których znajomość była niezbędna, aby uruchomić chociażby ślad podziwu dla pionierskiego utworu. Przez trzy lata polonistyki nie spotkałam chyba drugiego polskiego powieściopisarza tak odstającego od reszty. 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. The Doll describes the romantic infatuation of a man of action who is frustrated by the backwardness of his society. Of his novels, perennial favorites with readers are The Doll and Pharaoh. Achieving success with these, he went on to employ a broader canvas between 18, he completed four major novels on 'great questions of our age.' As a sideline, to augment his income and to appeal to readers through their aesthetic sensibilities, he began writing short stories.

In 1872 at age 25, in Warsaw, Prus settled into a distinguished 40-year journalistic career. Głowacki took the pen name 'Prus' from the name of his family coat-of-arms.Īn 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.

He was the leading representative of realism in 19th-century Polish literature and remains a distinctive voice in world literature. Bolesław Prus (pronounced: Hrubieszów, Aug– 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.

Bolesław prus the doll