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The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom (European Classics)
Ignacy Krasicki
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Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 201.
Winner, 1997 National Book Award for Poetry
Winner, 1993 PEN Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize
Published in 1776 and considered the first Polish novel ever written, The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom is a picaresque tale following the naïve title character's coming of age. Having conquered (and fled) sophisticated Warsaw, Nicholas enjoys many adventures across Europe, South America, and the high seas. He finally lands among the natives of an unknown isle who reject his allegedly superior European ways and instead tutor him for an "enlightened" existence. Resonant with Enlightenment ideas, The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom provides a ... Read more
Winner, 1997 National Book Award for Poetry
Winner, 1993 PEN Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize
Published in 1776 and considered the first Polish novel ever written, The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom is a picaresque tale following the naïve title character's coming of age. Having conquered (and fled) sophisticated Warsaw, Nicholas enjoys many adventures across Europe, South America, and the high seas. He finally lands among the natives of an unknown isle who reject his allegedly superior European ways and instead tutor him for an "enlightened" existence. Resonant with Enlightenment ideas, The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom provides a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
Number of Pages
148
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810110397
SKU
V9780810110397
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Reviews for The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom (European Classics)
The book is a real find, not only in its dynamic synthesis of all the best literary models of the time—Fielding's Tom Jones, Rousseau's Emile, Voltaire's Candide, and Defoe's Robinson Crusoe—but also in the fleet Swiftian prose." —Chicago Tribune