In a short time she was actually in a relationship with Wokulski she was definitely the taker. Deklewski and lessee Szprot, Rzecki's drinking buddies.

In a more comical form, Councilman Węgrowicz, Mr.

Both Wokulski and Rzecki are prone to drowning their sorrows in various kinds of alcohol.

As you may suspect, it is one of the causes of his death. The reason could have been Małgorzata's implied Matchmaker Crush on Wokulski.

Jan Mincel was driven to heavy drinking due to friction in his marriage to Małgorzata.

The 60-something Baron Dalski for Ewelina Janocka, who is in her early 20s (or even younger).

The sociable Małgorzata Mincel for the introverted Wokulski.

Izabela has got quite a few, including the grumpy, large and socially awkward Wokulski and two men in their sixties, Baron Dalski (until he falls in love with Ewelina) and an unnamed military marshal.

No relation to the 1919 Lubitsch film or the 2017 horror film. It has entered public domain and may be read in its original Polish here. First serialized in the newspaper 'Kurier Codzienny' (29th September 1887 - 24th May 1889), then published in a book form by Gebethner i Wolff in 1890, it's the story of a Self-Made Man Stanisław Wokulski trying to win the love of an aristocrat Izabela Łęcka, at the same time working out who he actually is and what he actually wants, which is anything but simple.īeing full of social criticism, subtle philosophical arguments (on behalf of positivism) and dickensian episodes, beautifully written, no wonder it became required reading in secondary schools.

Lalka translation the/a doll by Bolesław Prus (the pen name of Aleksander Głowacki) is regarded by some as the best novel ever written in Polish.

The doll by bolesław prus