Size: 20 cm.<\/p>\n
Volume: Vol. I: Under a Dark Star, 218 pp.; Vol. II: The Disabled and the Chosen, 225 pp.; Vol. III: The Better Ones Wither Away, 224 pp. [three volumes in one book]<\/p>\n
Binding: period half-leather<\/p>\n
A set of three volumes of Adolf Dygasi\u0144ski\u2019s novels in a single volume. Dygasi\u0144ski, a participant in the January Uprising, an educator (he was, among other things, a teacher of the young Jacek Malczewski), and one of the leading Polish naturalists, wrote this \u201cmystery novel\u201d in the spirit of Eug\u00e8ne Sue\u2019s *The Mysteries of Paris* before he became famous for his stories about animals (*The Hare*, \u201cThe Joys of Life\u201d), wrote this \u201cmystery novel\u201d in the spirit of Eug\u00e8ne Sue\u2019s \u201cThe Mysteries of Paris.\u201d The volumes \u201cUnder a Dark Star,\u201d \u201cThe Disadvantaged and the Chosen,\u201d and \u201cThe Better Ones Wither Away\u201d lead readers through the social back alleys of 19th-century Warsaw: the moral decline of high society, people pushed to the margins, and the struggle for survival in the big city. It is less commonly found on the antiquarian book market than the author\u2019s later nature-themed prose.<\/p>\n
A complete copy. The title page is soiled and taped along the margin; the paper is yellowed in places; there is a stain on the last two pages.<\/p>\n
An item from the 18th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Title: New Secrets of Warsaw: A Social Romance in Three Volumes. Volumes I\u2013III in 1 volume.
Publisher: Library of Romances and Novels, Warsaw. Printed by: A. Pajewski (Vol. I), C. Przybylski (Vol. II\u2013III).
Year of publication: 1887.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":41130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[4533],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-45394","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-polish-literature","first","instock","sold-individually","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/45394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=45394"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=45394"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=45394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}