SIENKIEWICZ - FAMILY OF POŁANIECKICH vol. 1-3 (complete) 1st edition of 1895.

SIENKIEWICZ Henryk

THE POŁANIECKI FAMILY.

Novel

1-3 (complete)

First edition!

Warsaw 1895, published by Gebethner & Wolff, pp. 322; 378; 499, format 11.5x18cm

One of several moral novels in the author's oeuvre, along with Without Dogma and Vortexes. Harshly treated by literary critics of the era, it was nevertheless popular with readers, although it never matched the readership of the author's historical novels.

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