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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    needed] In Poland, Juliusz Słowacki wrote a prose poem, Anhelli, in 1837. Bolesław Prus (1847–1912), influenced by the French prose poets, wrote a number of...
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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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    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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    monuments: Birthplace of writer Bolesław Prus Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God An outdoor sculpture of Bolesław Prus Saint Nicholas Catholic Church...
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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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  • The Barrel Organ (category Short stories by Bolesław Prus)
    ("Katarynka" in Polish) is an 1880 short story by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus. Mr. Tomasz (this is his given name, "Thomas" in English) is a middle-aged...
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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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