Read at a school. Then (shortly after reading) I was very thrilled. An action, an engaging love story, bad and good people, great true heroes and so oRead at a school. Then (shortly after reading) I was very thrilled. An action, an engaging love story, bad and good people, great true heroes and so on. A couple years later I started to see it as a propaganda, written for Polish people in times when Poland as a country didn't exist (after the Partitions of Poland). I felt cheated because I thought earlier that the historical background was totally true. I needed next years to understand that Sienkiewicz simply wrote an enjoyable books for readers and to earn for living.
So, I think it is (as the other books from The Trilogy) an entertaining novel, as far as you don't expect that it is consistent with the real historical facts....more
This book stole my heart about fifteen years ago. I borrowed this book from a local library and since then I had tried for years to find a copy in booThis book stole my heart about fifteen years ago. I borrowed this book from a local library and since then I had tried for years to find a copy in bookshops. Finally, I found and bought it.
This is a book about children, growing up, about siblings and so on. For sure, I am going to read it the third time in the future. Then I will write more.
[Pity, it isn't translated to English, as far I know.]...more
I read it more than fifteen years ago. I liked it then very much, it forced me to think and to feel what I hadn't thought and felt earlier. For more II read it more than fifteen years ago. I liked it then very much, it forced me to think and to feel what I hadn't thought and felt earlier. For more I recommend Seymour review....more
I read it many years ago. I was a teenager then. I was thrilled and sad.
I heard a radio program on BBC radio about this book a few months ago and I hI read it many years ago. I was a teenager then. I was thrilled and sad.
I heard a radio program on BBC radio about this book a few months ago and I have discovered the book for the second time.
PS This is my third review which has disappeared from GR. [Unfortunately, GR-administrators don't see the problem :-(] If you discover that your review has disappeared too, please, write to me. ...more
What a boring novel (considering that it was an adventure book it sounds odd, but it was so to me). Honestly, I went through it only because I wanted What a boring novel (considering that it was an adventure book it sounds odd, but it was so to me). Honestly, I went through it only because I wanted to verify it fairly with my memories from school when I read it. It was so different. I have searched and found out that here (in Poland) we read in school a version by Stanisław Stampf’l that isn't just a translation but had many changes from the original. It explains my confusion.
Summarizing, I understand that it was one of the first novels, that there was an action and that there was a message (a lesson) for a reader but most of the time, I was just bored....more
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