In Vain

by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Jeremiah Curtin (Translator)

Overview

A love story of modern Poland, by the author of Quo Vadis. The scene is laid at Kieff, and university life there is described. In Vain the first literary work of Sienkiewicz, was written before he had passed the eighteenth year of his life and while he was studying at Warsaw. This volume contains pictures of student life drawn by a student who saw the life which he describes in this work. His student was a person of exceptional power and exceptional qualities, hence the value of that which he gives us. Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) was a novelist, born in Poland. He studied at Warsaw, traveled in the USA, and in the 1870s began to write articles, short stories, and novels. His major work was a war trilogy about 17th-century Poland, but his most widely known book is the story of Rome under Nero, Quo Vadis? (1896), several times filmed. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905. Jeremiah Curtin (1835 - 1906) translated this authorized, unabridged edition from the Polish. He was a renowned folklorist, linguist and translator.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789356700956
Publisher:	Alpha Edition
Publication date:	10/25/2021
Pages:	124
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.29(d)

About the Author

Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was born on May 5, 1846, in Wola Okrzejska, Poland, to parents J zef Sienkiewicz and Stefania Czarnowska. He became one of Poland s most celebrated authors, known for combining national history with literary artistry. Raised in a noble but financially modest family, he was educated in Warsaw, where he studied law, history, and literature. His early work appeared in journals and newspapers, and he eventually traveled abroad, including an extended trip to the United States, where he wrote travel essays and gained insight into broader cultural and political issues. Sienkiewicz gained international acclaim with historical novels such as With Fire and Sword, The Deluge, and Fire in the Steppe, collectively known as The Trilogy. His most widely recognized work is Quo Vadis, a novel set in ancient Rome that earned him global readership and widespread translations. In 1905, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature for his outstanding merits as an epic writer. Through his works, he promoted Polish identity during a time of national partition. Sienkiewicz spent his final years in Switzerland, where he died on November 15, 1916, leaving behind a legacy of patriotism, moral conviction, and literary achievement.