Bøger af Henryk Sienkiewicz

At a time when the state of Poland was constantly undergoing political turmoil, Henryk Sienkiewicz wasn't afraid to ruffle feathers. Having already achieved success in his career around the end of the 19th century, the Polish journalist negatively portrayed the Teutonic Order at a time in which his audience lived under German rule. At the same time, he meticulously included historical language in his works, a sort of celebration of authenticity and the past. He would earn a Nobel Prize in 1905 for "outstanding merits as an epic writer." Sienkiewicz mastered historical novels that vividly put readers in places as distinct as 17th century Poland and Ancient Rome. He is still well regarded today for novels like "With Fire and Sword", "The Deluge", "Quo Vadis", and "Fire in the Steppe".

Premio Nobel de Literatura 1905. Quo Vadis? Uno de los grandes clásicos de la literatura moderna, comienza en el año 63 d.C., en tiempos del César Nerón, de la dinastía de los Julio-Claudios. El joven Vinicio visita a su tío Petronio, uno de los favoritos de Nerón, para que le ayude a conseguir a Ligia, una rehén del ejército romano que vive con una familia que la considera su hija adoptiva. Sin embargo, Vinicio no sabe que la bella Ligia de la que se ha enamorado es cristiana, ni que sólo podrá casarse con ella si se convierte al cristianismo. Henryk Sienkiewicz avista mucho más allá de la compleja historia de amor entre Marco y Ligia. Con una habilidad magistral, el Nobel polaco retrata el contraste entre la aristocracia romana, con sus excesos y frivolidades, y los primeros cristianos, perseguidos y martirizados por un Nerón desenfrenado que llegó a acusarles del incendio de Roma. Muchos críticos y lectores han querido ver en Quo Vadis? una metáfora política de la Polonia en que vivió su autor, sojuzgada por el imperialismo de Rusia y su Zar (doble histórico del César Nerón), equiparando así a los polacos de entonces, que se habían levantado contra la ocupación rusa, con los primeros cristianos perseguidos por Roma. Publicada en 1896, Quo vadis? se convirtió en poco tiempo en un clásico de la literatura y se han realizado varias adaptaciones cinematográficas de esta novela, entre las que sobresale la que en 1951 protagonizaron Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr y Peter Ustinov.

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Rome during the reign of Nero was a glorious place for the emperor and his court; there were grand feasts, tournaments for poets, and exciting games and circuses filling the days and nights. The pageantry and pretentious displays of excess were sufficient to cloy the senses of participants as well as to offend the sensitive. Petronius, a generous and noble Roman, a man of the world much in favor at the court of Nero, is intrigued by a strange tale related by his nephew Marcus Vinitius of his encounter with a mysterious young woman called Ligia with whom Vinitius falls madly in love. Ligia, a captured King's daughter and a one-time hostage of Rome, is now a foster child of a noble Roman household. She is also a Christian. The setting of the narrative was prepared with utmost care. Henryk Sienkiewicz visited the Roman settings many times and was thoroughly educated in the historical background. As an attempt to create the spirit of antiquity, the novel met with unanimous acclaim, which earned the Nobel Prize in literature for the author in 1905. As a vision of ancient Rome and early Christianity it has not yet been surpassed, almost a century later.

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Henryk Sienkiewicz: Quo vadis Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch Berliner Ausgabe, 2016, 4. Auflage Durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie des Autors bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Michael Holzinger Erstdruck in: Gazeta Polska und Czas, Krakau 26.3.1895-29.2.1896. Hier nach der Übers. v. Paul Seliger. Textgrundlage sind die Ausgaben: Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Quo vadis? Übers. v. Paul Seliger, Zwei Bände, Leipzig: Philipp Reclam jun., [o.J.] Herausgeber der Reihe: Michael Holzinger Reihengestaltung: Viktor Harvion Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 10 pt.

The third and final book of Henryk Sienkiewicz¿s Trilogy takes a closer and more intimate look at one of the series¿ protagonists: Pan Michael Volodyovski.The Polish Commonwealth has been through intense periods of war, and the peace that follows leaves one of its greatest heroes, Pan Michael, finally free to marry his beloved Panna Anusia. But in a twist of fate, she falls ill and dies, leaving Michael despairing of life¿to the point of him joining a monastery. His friends, shocked at the loss of the great knight which has now left the Commonwealth unprotected, hatch a plan to bring him back to his true calling.As with many of the characters in the Trilogy, Michael is fictional but based heavily on historical record: his character¿s exploits and circumstances owe a lot to the real Polish knight Jerzy Wöodyjowski, who was also in Jan Sobieski¿s cavalry.Pan Michael was, like the other books in the Trilogy, initially serialized in Sienkiewicz¿s newspaper S¿owo, before being collected into a novel five years later in 1893. The book, and the Trilogy as a whole, was very well received, and allowed Sienkiewicz to resign his editorial post to focus on his novels.The novel was the first of the Trilogy to be filmed (as 1969¿s Colonel Wolodyjowski), and it was also later converted into a successful television series in Poland. This edition is based on the 1893 translation by Jeremiah Curtin.

Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero was first published in Polish as Quo vadis. Powie¿¿ z czasów Nerona. Among Henryk Sienkiewicz¿s inspirations was the painting Nerös Torches (Pochodnie Nerona) by fellow Pole Henryk Siemiradzki; the painting, which depicts cruel persecution of Christians, serves as the cover art for this ebook edition. Sienkiewicz incorporates extensive historical detail into the plot, and notable historical figures serve as prominent characters, including the apostles Simon Peter and Paul of Tarsus, Gaius Petronius Arbiter, Ofonius Tigellinus, and the infamous Nero himself. Sienkiewicz used the historical basis of the novel as an opportunity to describe in detail the lives of the citizenry under Nerös cruel and erratic rule.Sienkiewicz was awarded the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature in part for his authorship of Quo Vadis. The book was exceedingly popular both domestically and internationally: it was translated into more than 50 languages, sold 800,000 copies in the U.S. within a period of eighteenth months, and was the best selling book of 1900 in France.The plot of Quo Vadis follows the love story of Marcus Vinicius and Lygia. He is a young, charming, up-and-coming Roman patrician; she is a high-ranking hostage, a former princess of a country conquered by Rome. Vinicius¿s immediate infatuation with Lygia is complicated by her devout Christianity, a faith barely tolerated in Rome of the time. As the painting that inspired the novel foreshadows, Rome burns in a great fire, and Christians receive the blame. The subsequent persecution of the Christians in Rome serves as the main obstacle between the two lovers.Sienkiewicz portrays a pro-Christian narrative throughout the book, with the apostles Peter and Paul serving as spiritual mentors to both Vinicius and Lygia. The novel¿s title translates to ¿Where are you going, Lord?¿, a quote from the apocryphal Christian text the Acts of Peter, which depicts Peter¿s death. The text describes how while fleeing Rome, Peter asks a vision of Jesus the titular question, to which Jesus replies that he is returning to Rome to lead the Christians since Peter, their leader, is deserting them. Peter then realizes he must turn back and remain with his people, despite the cost. Quo Vadis depicts this exchange, along with Paul¿s fate and the deaths of Nero and Petronius, Vinicius¿s wise and worldly uncle and mentor. Sienkiewicz contrasts Petronius¿s and Nerös hedonism with Vinicius¿s and Lygiäs journey to a deeper faith in their God, and with Peter and Paul¿s faithful martyrdom, to great effect. As such, the novel is not just a love story, but also a thoughtful reflection on how one¿s way of living affects how they see death.

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Quo vadis ? (titre original : Quo vadis. Powie¿¿ z czasów Nerona, littéralement : Quo vadis : une histoire du temps de Néron) est un roman historique de l'écrivain polonais Henryk Sienkiewicz, publié d'abord sous la forme de feuilleton dans la revue Gazeta Polska à partir de mars 1895, puis sous la forme de roman en 1896. En France, il est traduit pour la première fois en 1900 sous le titre : Quo vadis : roman des temps néroniens. Très grand succès de librairie, Quo vadis a été traduit dans plus de cinquante langues et a été plusieurs fois adapté au cinéma.Ce roman dépeint les persécutions que les chrétiens ont subies sous Néron au Ier siècle en racontant l'histoire de l'amour entre un patricien, Marcus Vinicius, et une jeune femme chrétienne, Lygie. Le titre évoque la question qu'aurait posée Saint Pierre fuyant Rome et rencontrant JésusChrist portant sa croix: (). Au travers de cette histoire attachante et romanesque, nous en apprenons beaucoup sur l'histoire et le quotidien des Romains de cette époque. Le lecteur pourra consulter avec profit le site http://quovadis.oeuvre.free.fr/ entièrement consacré à cette oeuvre.