A Hungarian Nabob
Mór Jókai · 1853
A Hungarian novel by Mór Jókai, first translated into English in 1899 by R. Nisbet Bain, set in 1822 Hungary. The story opens on the muddy Hungarian plain, where an innkeeper watches a wealthy traveler's carriage struggle through the mud.
Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.
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