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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 62. Chapters: Joseph Conrad, Jerzy Kosinski, Henryk Sienkiewicz, W adys aw Reymont, Witold Gombrowicz, Ignacy Krasicki, Boles aw Prus, Jerzy u awski, Gabriela Zapolska, Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski, Stanis aw Brzozowski, Sholem Asch, Henryk Rzewuski, Olga Tokarczuk, Edmund Chojecki, Henryk Grynberg, Stanis aw Przybyszewski, Jozef Mackiewicz, Stefan eromski, Dorota Mas owska, Katarzyna Grochola, Emil Zegad owicz, Tadeusz Do ga-Mostowicz, Adam Zagajewski, Igor Newerly, Franciszek Ksawery Dmochowski, List of Polish novelists, Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Ma gorzata Musierowicz, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Miros aw u awski, Witold Zalewski, Kazimierz Zalewski, Maria Konopnicka, Hanna O ogowska, Krystian Bala, Stefan Grabi ski, Daniel Koziarski, Mieczys aw Smolarski, Katarzyna Krenz, W odzimierz Zagorski, Micha Witkowski, Wac aw Sieroszewski, Jan Chryzostom Zachariasiewicz, Maria Julia Zaleska, Kazimierz Zdziechowski, Cyprian Godebski, Stefania Zahorska, Anna Zahorska, Adolf Rudnicki, Jadwiga uszczewska, Maria Ilnicka, Magdalena Tulli, Eugeniusz ytomirski, Stanis aw Dygat, Maria Rodziewiczowna. Excerpt: Boles aw Prus (pronounced: Hrubieszow, 20 August 1847 - 19 May 1912, Warsaw), born Aleksander G owacki, was the leading figure in Polish literature of the late 19th century and a distinctive voice in world literature. As a 15-year-old, he had joined the Polish 1863 Uprising against Imperial Russia; shortly after his sixteenth birthday, in a battle against Russian forces, he suffered severe injuries. Five months later, he was imprisoned for his part in the Uprising. These early experiences may have precipitated the panic disorder and agoraphobia that would dog him through life, and shaped his opposition to attempts to regain Polish independence by force of arms. In 1872 at age 25, in Warsaw, he settled into a 40-yea...
