Bolesław Prus
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Aleksander Głowacki, better known by his pen name Bolesław Prus, was a Polish journalist, novelist, a leading figure in the history of Polish literature and philosophy, and a distinctive voice in worl
Bolesław Prus
Prus' Hrubieszów birthplace
Lublin Castle, Prus' prison during 1863–65 Uprising
Prus as a Warsaw University student
Pharaoh (Prus novel)
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Pharaoh is the fourth and last major novel by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus. Composed over a year's time in 1894–95, serialized in 1895–96, and published in book form in 1897, it was the sole histor
Bolesław Prus
…Achieving success, he proceeded to a larger canvas: between 1884 and 1895, he completed four major novels: The Outpost, The Doll, The New Woman, and Pharaoh. The Doll depicts the romantic infatuation of a man of action who is frustrated by his country's backwardness. Pharaoh, his only historical novel, is…
The protagonist, Ramses XIII. Illustration by Edward Okuń, 1914
Ramses II ("the Great") at the Battle of Kadesh. (bas relief at Abu Simbel)
All classes, including peasants, appear in Pharaoh.