Boleslaw Prus Faraon Pdf

Boleslaw prus faraon pdf Continue Boleslaw Prus's novel should not be confused with the Pharaoh (a novel by Wilbur Smith). Pharaoh Boleslaw Prus (1887)AuthorBoleslaw Prussian titleFaronCountryPolandEpolisGenestoric novelPublisherTigodnik Ilyustrovani (Illustrated Weekly); Gebethner i Wolff (book)Publishing date1895 (Illustrated Weekly); 1897 (edition of the book)Media typeNewspaper, hardback, paperback of the pharaoh (Polish: Faraon) is the fourth and last major novel by the Polish writer Boleslaw Prus (1847-1912). Compiled during the year 1894-1895, serial in 1895-1896 and published as a book in 1897, it was the only historical novel by an author who had previously disapproved of historical novels on the fact that they inevitably distort history. Pharaoh was described by Ceslaw Milus as a novel about... mechanism of state power and, as such, ... probably unique in nineteenth-century world literature.... Prus, choosing the reign of Pharaoh Ramses XIII in the eleventh century BC, was looking for a perspective that was separated from... pressure of relevance and censorship. Thanks to his analysis of the dynamics of ancient Egyptian society, he... the archetype of the power struggle that continues in any state. Pharaoh is established in Egypt 1087-85 BC, as this country experiences internal stresses and external threats that will end with the fall of its twentieth dynasty and the New Kingdom. The young hero Ramses learns that those who will challenge the powers that will be vulnerable to joint choice, seduction, subornation, defamation, intimidation and murder. Perhaps the main lesson, belatedly absorbed by Ramses as a pharaoh, is the importance, for power, knowledge. Prus's vision of the fall of ancient civilization stems from his power from the author's deep awareness of the final demise of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795, a century before the end of the novel. Preparing for the writing of the pharaoh, Proust immersed himself in ancient Egyptian history, geography, customs, religion, art and writing. Telling his story about the power, personality and destiny of peoples, he created a convincing literary image of life at all levels of ancient Egyptian society. It also offers a vision of humanity as rich as Shakespeare, ranging from the sublime to the quotidian, from the tragic to the comic. The book is written in transparent prose and imbued with poetry, imbued with humor, decorated with moments of transcendental beauty. Pharaoh was translated into twenty languages and adapted as a Polish feature film in 1966. It is also known that it was a favorite book of Joseph Stalin. Publish Prus' Works, vol. XVIII (Faraon), 1935 Pharaoh includes a compact, essential introduction; sixty-seven chapters; and a memorable epilogue (the last omitted in the original book and rebuilt in the 1950s). Like Prus's previous novels, Pharaoh made his debut (1895-1896) in newspaper serialization - in Warsaw's Silent Ilyustrovani (Illustrated Weekly). It was dedicated to my wife, Octavia Gyovatzka, wei Trembinsky, as a small sign of respect and affection. Unlike the author's previous novels, Pharaoh was first written in full and not written in chapters from question to question. This may explain that he is often called Prus' best novel, one of the best Polish novels. The original book edition of 1897 and some subsequent split the novel into three volumes. Later editions presented it in two volumes or one. With the exception of wartime, the book was never published in Poland. The Pharaoh's plot begins with one of the most memorable holes in the novel - a discovery written in the style of an ancient chronicle: In the thirty-third year of the happy reign of Ramses XII Egypt celebrated two events that filled its faithful inhabitants with pride and joy. In December, in Mejiru returned to Thebes, laden with luxurious gifts by the god Honsu, who spent three years and nine months on the land of Buchten, restoring the health of the daughter of a local king named Bent-rs and banishing the evil spirit not only from the royal family, but even from the fortress of Buchten. And in February, in the month of Farmuti, the Lord of Upper and Lower Egypt, the ruler of Phonikia and nine nations, Mer-amin-Ramses XII, after consulting with the gods with whom he is equal, named his twenty-two-year-old son Ham-sem-meer-amin-Ramses as his successor to the throne. This choice pleased the pious priests, the outstanding nomarsh, the valiant army, the faithful people and all the creatures living on Egyptian soil. For the eldest sons of the pharaoh, born from the Hittite princess, because of spells that could not be explored, was visited by an evil spirit. One of them, twenty-seven years old, could not get out of his majority; another cut his veins and died; and the third, after drinking spoiled wine, from which he did not want to give up, went mad and, imagining himself a monkey, spent days in the trees. The fourth son of Ramses, however, was born to the queen Nicotris, daughter of the high priest Amenhotep, was strong as a bull Apis, brave as a lion and wise as priests .... Pharaoh combines the features of several literary genres: historical novel, political novel, Bildungsroman, utopian novel, novel-sensation. It also includes a number of inter-brotherly strands, including a storyline, an Egyptian cycle of seasons, geography and country monuments, as well as ancient Egyptian practices (such as mummification rituals and techniques) - each of which rises to prominence at appropriate moments. Much, as in the ancient Greek tragedy, fate the main character, the future Ramses XIII, is known from the very beginning. Prus concludes his introduction by stating that the narrative refers to the eleventh century before Christ, when the twentieth dynasty fell and when, after the death of the Son of the Sun, the eternally living Ramses XIII, the throne was captured, and the Uray came to decorate the forehead, the eternally living Son of the Sun Sem-Amin-Gueror, the high priest of Amon. Subsequently, the novel will reveal the elements that lead to this denouement - character traits of directors, social forces in the game. Ancient Egypt at the end of its period of the New Kingdom is going through adversity. Deserts erode the arable lands of Egypt. The country's population has shrunk from eight million to six million. Foreign peoples are constantly entering Egypt, undermining its unity. The gap between peasants and artisans on the one hand and the ruling classes on the other is growing, exacerbated by the love of the ruling elites for luxury and idleness. The country is becoming increasingly indebted to Phoenician merchants, as imported goods destroy their native industry. The Egyptian priesthood, the backbone of bureaucracy and virtual monopoly of knowledge, became extremely rich at the expense of the pharaoh and the country. At the same time, Egypt faces a potential danger from the rising powers in the north, Assyria and Persia. Ramses II (Great) at the Battle of Kadesh. (Barelef in Abu Simbel.) The 22-year-old Egyptian crown prince and viceroy Ramses, having carefully studied his country and the problems facing it, is developing a strategy that he hopes will lead to the arrest of the decline of his own political power and the internal viability and international situation of Egypt. Ramses plans to conquer or subjugate the priesthood, especially the high priest of Amon, Herhor; Get for use in the country treasures that lie stored in the Maze; and, imitating the military exploits of Ramses the Great, wage war with Assyria. Ramses proved himself to be a brilliant military commander in the victorious lightning-fast war against the invading Libyans. On succeeding to the throne, he meets the unyielding opposition of the priestly hierarchy to his planned reforms. The Egyptian population instinctively turns to Ramses, but he must still conquer or crush the priesthood and its adherents. In the course of political intrigue, Ramses' personal life is held hostage to the conflicting interests of Phoenicians and Egyptian high priests. Ramses' final fall was caused by his underestimation of his opponents and his impatience with the sacred obscurantism. Along with the chaff of myths and rituals of priests, he inadvertently discarded an important piece of scientific knowledge. Ramses is succeeded by his arch-enemy Herhor, Paradoxically, the collection of treasures from the Labyrinth to finance the very social reforms that Ramses had planned and whose implementation of Herhor and his allies were blocked. But it is too late to stop the decline of Egyptian politics and prevent the final fall of Egyptian civilization. The novel concludes with a poetic epilogue reflecting Prus's own life path. Priest Pentuer, who refused to betray the priesthood and help Ramses' campaign to reform Egyptian government, grieves for Ramses, who, like the teenager Proust, risked everything to save his country. When Pentuer and his mentor, the sage priest Menes, listen to a male priest's song, Pentuer says, Do you hear? [...] The one whose heart no longer beats, not only is not saddened by the mourning of others, he does not even give pleasure in his own life, no matter how beautifully sculpted ... What, then, is this sculpture paid for in pain and bloody tears?... The night was falling. Menes wrapped in his haberdine and replied, Whenever such thoughts come to you, go to one of our temples and look at its walls, filled with pictures of people, animals, trees, rivers, stars - just like the world in which we live. For the common man, such figures have no value, and more than one may have asked what they are for?... why cut them to such a big expense of labor?..

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