The Comédienne draws on Nobel Prize winner, Wladyslav Reymont's, own experiences as an actor in a struggling provincial theatre at the fin de siecle, at time of massive social upheaval in Europe. Reymont depicts, in a slow burning tragedy, a young provincial Janina, the comédienne of the title, who joins a Warsaw theatre company and struggles toward what was then a very modern notion of personal freedom. A 'Comédienne' also played drama and tragedy and the word in Polish had some connotation of a deceiver. As such, the title in Reymont's day would have implied a somewhat darker novel that we might unwittingly expect today.
This edition has been completely re-edited and includes over 500 amendments, corrections and new translations to the orignal text. The introduction by Marianna Rychlowska includes; <ul>
<li>Biographical details of the author</li> <li>Historical context of the book</li> <li>Literary notes</li> <li>Historical review of early theatre in Poland</li> <li>Theatre reportage by Henryk Sienkiewicz</li> </ul>
These unique insights provide the contemporary reader with much of the commonly understood historical context that was assumed of the original audience.

The Comedienne

Literature & Fiction

Reymont, Władysław Stanisław

Genre Fiction

Onesuch Press

The Comédienne

Obecny, Edmund

History

Nabu Press

Reymont's last book, Bunt, was serialized 1922 and published in book form in 1924. It describes a revolt by animals which take over their farm in order to introduce "equality". The revolt quickly degenerates into abuse and bloody terror. The story was a metaphor for the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and was banned 1945–1989 in communist Poland, along with George Orwell's similar novella, Animal Farm (published in Britain in 1945).

Bunt (Polish Edition)

Classics

JiaHu Books

A Pilgrimage to Jasna Góra (English Translation): Pielgrzymka do Jasnej Góry

In 1894, Wladyslaw Reymont, one of Poland's most important writers, went on a walking pilgrimage from the right bank of Warsaw to Jasna Góra, Poland's most important Marian shrine in Czestochowa. He went as a journalist to cover the pilgrimage for the press rather than out of piety. Quickly, however, he was won over by the simple but deep faith of the pilgrims, mostly simple peasants among whom he felt like an outsider. Available in English for the first time, A Pilgrimage to Jasna Góra is a masterpiece of late-nineteenth century journalism filled with astute sociological observations of the Poles and their faith under Russian domination and richly sensuous descriptions of the beauty of the Polish countryside.

Religion & Spirituality

Arouca Press

Review\nThis timely translation sheds light on problems still plaguing us: the divide between urban and rural, the educated and the credulous, higher and lower social origins, skeptical and religious. It does what journalism today often doesn't do: fairly describing and observing religious activity and its manifestations. By illuminating the foundations of faith in a country that produced the Christian humanist philosophy of St. John Paul II, it shows how to advance that worldview, which can transform the life of society. Although written over a hundred years ago, this is a book also for our times. - David M. Klocek, Ph.D., UVA College at Wise 
Pilgrimage to Jasna Góra brings to the English speaking reader the early work of Poland's least-known Nobel laureate, Wladyslaw Reymont. The author walks to the shrine of Our Lady of Częstochowa across the countryside of late nineteenth century Poland but not in the company of the great and good. His companions are the humble, the rough, the forgotten. His portrayals of ordinary people are deeply sympathetic and humane, but never romantic or idealized. Pilgrimage to Jasna Góra is reportage at it best, revealing flawed people of deep faith journeying through a countryside on the cusp of momentous change. - John Radzilowski, Ph.D., Professor of History, University of Alaska 
Reymont's book is a testimony to the deep impression that the witness of zealous faith can leave on a modern intellectual. It also gives insight into the depths of the spirit of popular Polish Catholicism, which remains vibrant despite the pressures of the mad de-Christianization that has overwhelmed Western civilization. - Tomasz Rowiński, Managing Editor of Christianitas, Poland's leading Traditionalist Catholic publication\nIn 1894, Władysław Reymont, one of Poland's most important writers, went on a walking pilgrimage from the right bank of Warsaw to Jasna Góra, Poland's most important Marian shrine in Czestochowa. He went as a journalist to cover the pilgrimage for the press rather than out of piety. Quickly, however, he was won over by the simple but deep faith of the pilgrims, mostly simple peasants among whom he felt like an outsider. Available in English for the first time, A Pilgrimage to Jasna Góra is a masterpiece of late-nineteenth century journalism filled with astute sociological observations of the Poles and their faith under Russian domination and richly sensuous descriptions of the beauty of the Polish countryside.

Chlopi (wydanie z opracowaniem i streszczeniem)

Chłopi

Greg

Wydanie z opracowaniem.\nAkcja powiesci rozgrywa sie pod koniec XIX wieku. We wsi Lipce trwaja jesienne prace polowe. Nikt nie spodziewa sie majacych wkrótce nadejsc wypadków, które zaciaza na calej wiejskiej spolecznosci. Maciej Boryna, zaniepokojony losem swego gospodarstwa, podejmuje decyzje o malzenstwie. Jeszcze nie wie, ze nadchodzi najbardziej nieszczesliwy okres w jego zyciu...

Chlopi (Polish Edition)

The Comedienne: Translated From The Polish By Edmund Obecny This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

The Comedienne: Translated From The Polish By Edmund Obecny

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The Comedienne

The Comédienne

Bunt (Polish Edition)

A Pilgrimage to Jasna Góra (English Translation): Pielgrzymka do Jasnej Góry

A Pilgrimage to Jasna Góra (English Translation): Pielgrzymka do Jasnej Góry

Chłopi

Chlopi (Polish Edition)

The Comedienne: Translated From The Polish By Edmund Obecny