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Polish novels

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Ferdydurke

Ferdydurke is a grotesque novel by the Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz, published in Warsaw in 1937, in which a thirty-year-old narrator is returned to school.

Homeless People

Homeless People (Ludzie bezdomni) is an 1899 social novel by the Polish writer Stefan Żeromski, a leading work of Young Poland whose hero, Dr Tomasz Judym, renounces love for his social mission.

The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom

The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom (Mikołaja Doświadczyńskiego przypadki) is a 1776 novel by the Polish Enlightenment writer Ignacy Krasicki, generally regarded as the first Polish novel.

The Faithful River

The Faithful River (Wierna rzeka) is a 1912 short historical novel by Stefan Żeromski, set during the January Uprising of 1863 and a standard Polish school text.

The Issa Valley

The Issa Valley (Dolina Issy) is a 1955 novel by the Polish Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz about a boy's coming of age on his grandparents' estate in rural Lithuania.

The Peasants

The Peasants (Chłopi) is a four-volume novel by the Polish writer Władysław Reymont, published 1904 to 1909 and honored with the 1924 Nobel Prize in Literature.

The Spring to Come

The Spring to Come (Przedwiośnie) is a political novel by Stefan Żeromski, completed in 1924 and ranked among the most important Polish novels of the 20th century.

With Fire and Sword

With Fire and Sword (Polish: Ogniem i mieczem) is an 1884 historical novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, the first volume of his Trilogy, set during the Khmelnytsky Uprising.