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Excerpt from The Jew: Translated From the Polish of Joseph Ignatius Kraszewski
The author whom we here introduce to the English public was of the brood of the giants. He is to be thought of with Lope de Vega, with Voltaire, with Alexandre Dumas, not as regards the nature of his writings, but as regards their bulk, their volume, their encyclopaedic character. The works of Kraszewski form a library in themselves. His bibliographers record the names of more than four hundred and fifty volumes, and confess that their list is incomplete in every direction. He wrote with ceaseless abundance from boyhood to old age his study was a vast factory oi literature, a sort of huge imaginative pottery-works where every species of goods was being turned out at once, from sewage pipes up to the most delicate porcelain, all made on the spot, and distributed to an eager and impatient population. It is difficult to comprehend how Poles can have had anything else to do, throughout the lifetime of Kraszewski, except to read his works. He treated with absolute confidence, ?uency, and earnestness every known subject, exemplified all the arts, brightened all the sciences, left his personal mark upon every branch of intellectual efi''ort.
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The author whom we here introduce to the English public was of the brood of the giants. He is to be thought of with Lope de Vega, with Voltaire, with Alexandre Dumas, not as regards the nature of his writings, but as regards their bulk, their volume, their encyclopaedic character. The works of Kraszewski form a library in themselves. His bibliographers record the names of more than four hundred and fifty volumes, and confess that their list is incomplete in every direction. He wrote with ceaseless abundance from boyhood to old age his study was a vast factory oi literature, a sort of huge imaginative pottery-works where every species of goods was being turned out at once, from sewage pipes up to the most delicate porcelain, all made on the spot, and distributed to an eager and impatient population. It is difficult to comprehend how Poles can have had anything else to do, throughout the lifetime of Kraszewski, except to read his works. He treated with absolute confidence, ?uency, and earnestness every known subject, exemplified all the arts, brightened all the sciences, left his personal mark upon every branch of intellectual efi''ort.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Language - English
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Linda da Kowalewska
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ISBN - 9780265213902
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 511
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Linda da Kowalewska
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ISBN - 9781331617631
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 513
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