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    August 1847 – 19 May 1912), better known by his pen name Bolesław Prus (Polish: [bɔˈlεswaf ˈprus] ), was a Polish novelist, a leading figure in the history...
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    Lalka) is the second of four acclaimed novels by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus (real name Aleksander Głowacki). It was composed for periodical serialization...
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    (Polish: Faraon) is the fourth and last major novel by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus (1847–1912). Composed over a year's time in 1894–95, serialized in 1895–96...
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    Goethe, Alexander von Humboldt, Fryderyk Chopin, Dmitri Mendeleyev, Bolesław Prus, Ignacy Paderewski, Robert Baden-Powell, Jacob Bronowski (who filmed...
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    Kasparek, "Two Micro-Stories by Bolesław Prus," The Polish Review, 1995, no. 1, p. 99. Edward Pieścikowski, Bolesław Prus, p. 147. Christopher Kasparek...
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    title: Placówka) was the first of four major novels by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus. The author, writing in a Poland that had been partitioned a century...
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  • May 1791 Bolesław Prus, On Discoveries and Inventions (public lecture, 1873), by Aleksander Głowacki (Bolesław Prus's birth name) Bolesław Prus, "Fading...
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    recently deceased Bolesław Prus (who also had visited Zakopane), read everything by his fellow victim of Poland's 1863 Uprising—"my beloved Prus"—that he could...
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    215. Krystyna Tokarzówna and Stanisław Fita, Bolesław Prus, pp. 440, 443, 445-53. Christopher Kasparek, "Prus' Pharaoh: Primer on Power", pp. 332-33. Walter...
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  • however, was the writings of Bolesław Prus. His books on Prus include Tworczość Bolesława Prusa (The Art of Bolesław Prus, 1947; 2nd ed., 1972) and Nie...
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  • Bolesław Prus (1847–1912), Polish writer Edward Prus (1931–2007), Polish politologist Elena Prus (born 1986), Ukrainian badminton player Gunter Prus (13th...
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  • A Legend of Old Egypt (category Short stories by Bolesław Prus)
    micro-story by Bolesław Prus). "The Waistcoat" Krystyna Tokarzówna and Stanisław Fita, Bolesław Prus, 1847-1912, p. 376. Christopher Kasparek, "Prus' Pharaoh:...
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  • Kawalerowicz and adapted from the eponymous novel by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus. In 1967, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language...
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    Mold of the Earth (category Short stories by Bolesław Prus)
    Egypt" (Prus's first historical short story) "The Living Telegraph" (a micro-story by Bolesław Prus) Pharaoh (historical novel by Bolesław Prus) Prose...
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  • Shades (story) (category Short stories by Bolesław Prus)
    (a micro-story by Bolesław Prus). "The Living Telegraph" (a micro-story by Bolesław Prus). Prose poetry. "A Legend of Old Egypt" (Prus' first historical...
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    Micro-Stories by Bolesław Prus", The Polish Review, 1995, no. 1, pp. 99–103. Zygmunt Szweykowski, Twórczość Bolesława Prusa (The Art of Bolesław Prus), 2nd ed...
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    Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Notable bearers of this coat of arms have included: Bolesław Prus (Aleksander Głowacki) Eligiusz Niewiadomski Waclaw Szybalski Stanislaw...
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  • 283–84. Edward Pieścikowski, Bolesław Prus, p. 49. Zygmunt Szweykowski, Twórczość Bolesława Prusa (The Art of Bolesław Prus), 2nd ed., Warsaw, Państwowy...
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  • Trail". The New York Times. p. X7. Bolesław Prus, Pharaoh, pp. 579-81. Bolesław Prus, Pharaoh, p. 391. Bolesław Prus, Pharaoh, translated from the Polish...
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    Bolesław III Wrymouth (1085–1138), Duke of Poland from 1102 to 1138 Bolesław IV the Curly (1120–1173), High Duke of Poland from 1146 to 1173 Bolesław...
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    writer, Nobel Prize laureate in Literature in 2004 Mike Patton, musician Bolesław Prus, journalist and novelist Peter Robinson, musician Barbra Streisand,...
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    Krystyna Tokarzówna and Stanisław Fita, Bolesław Prus, 1847–1912: Kalendarz życia i twórczości (Bolesław Prus, 1847–1912: A Calendar of His Life and Work)...
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  • Krokoszyńska, 1873, p. 12. Bolesław Prus, On Discoveries and Inventions, p. 3. Bolesław Prus, On Discoveries and Inventions, p. 4. Bolesław Prus, On Discoveries...
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    The New Woman (category Novels by Bolesław Prus)
    edition, Warsaw, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1972. Bolesław Prus, Emancipated Women, translated from Prus' Emancypantki by Stephanie Kraft, 2015: available...
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    vacationing place of novelist Bolesław Prus for three decades from 1882 till his death in 1912. It features museums devoted to Prus and to novelist Stefan Żeromski...
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    post thanks in part to a letter of recommendation from novelist Bolesław Prus. Prus had also stood as witness at Żeromski's 1892 wedding to Oktawia Rodkiewicz...
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  • Waistcoat" ("Kamizelka") is an 1882 short story by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus, and is considered a masterpiece of short-story writing. It is a sketch...
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    called on Prus. Christopher Kasparek says that, if anything, Curtin did still worse by Sienkiewicz's "more profound" compatriot, Bolesław Prus. Prus' historical...
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    boasts a number of monuments: Birthplace of writer Bolesław Prus An outdoor sculpture of Bolesław Prus Saint Nicholas Catholic Church (17th-century) Orthodox...
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    Krystyna Tokarzówna and Stanisław Fita, Bolesław Prus, 1847–1912: Kalendarz życia i twórczości (Bolesław Prus, 1847–1912: A Calendar of His Life and Work)...
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