There Is No Devil The Magláy Family He Who Takes Revenge After Death

Mór JókaiProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 3.6
Word count
528K words
Chapters
53

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Foreign Language Books Foreign Literature Fate and FortuneHuman NatureComplex HumanityMoral DilemmaPopular Narrative19th Century

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Nincsen ördög; A Magláy család; A ki holta után áll boszut by Mór JókaiAuthor: Jókai, Mór, 1825-1904,Language: Hungarian, Class: PH: Language and Literatures: Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures, Release Date: Apr 12, 2018

Editor's review

This Project Gutenberg eBook collects three works by the Hungarian author Mór Jókai: Nincsen ördög, A Magláy család, and A ki holta után áll boszut. A leading figure of nineteenth-century Hungarian Romantic fiction, Jókai builds his narratives around family fortunes, suspense, coincidence, and moral conflict. The book is in the original Hungarian and is suited to readers with some ability to read Hungarian who are interested in Central European literature and the nineteenth-century novel tradition. The three works revolve around family, guilt, and retribution, and can be read together to observe how the author handles different narrative directions under similar motifs. As a public-domain eBook, its main value lies in making the original text accessible rather than in providing introductions or notes; readers must supply background knowledge themselves. It is best used as a supplementary reader for language study or literary research, not as an introductory text.

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  1. Start with the shorter piece to warm up and become familiar with Jókai's narrative rhythm and vocabulary
  2. Prepare a Hungarian dictionary or translation tool, marking unfamiliar expressions first and revisiting them later
  3. After finishing all three works, compare how family and revenge themes are handled and take brief notes
  4. Read alongside background material on nineteenth-century Hungarian society to help understand character motivations

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Is this book in Hungarian or English? This is the original Hungarian text, collecting three works by Mór Jókai; it is not an English translation. Readers who do not read Hungarian will need to find a translation or bilingual edition elsewhere.
Are the three works connected? They are independent works collected in the same eBook. They all touch on family, guilt, and retribution and can be read comparatively, but their plots and characters are not continuous.
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About the author

Mór Jókai Author · Hungarian · 1825–1904

Mór Jókai (1825–1904) was the most important Hungarian novelist, playwright and revolutionary of the 19th century, and a major representative of Romantic literature. Born in Komárom, he took part in the 1848 Pest uprising and drafted the Twelve Points, and was later elected to parliament. His representative works include A Hungarian Nabob, The Baron's Sons, Black Diamonds and The Golden Man. Jókai's writing depicts Hungarian history and social change on a grand scale, with dramatic plots, vivid characters, romantic colour and national feeling; he is often compared with Dickens and Scott. His output was enormous: 106 of his works are held in this collection, and a hundred-volume collected edition appeared in 1894, evidence of his productivity and influence.