With Fire and Sword: A Tale of Times Past. 1

Sienkiewicz, Henryk, 1846-1916Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 4.3
Word count
449K words
Chapters
45

Tags

Foreign Language Books Historical Fiction Historical ReappraisalMilitary StrategyWar YearsFate and FortunePower GameGroup BiographyHeroismPatriotismTurbulent Era

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.Tulella ja miekalla: Kuvaus menneiltä ajoilta. 1 by Henryk SienkiewiczAuthor: Sienkiewicz, Henryk, 1846-1916,Language: Finnish, Class: PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature, Release Date: Nov 12, 2016

Editor's review

This is the Finnish translation of the first part of Tulella ja miekalla (With Fire and Sword), a historical novel by the Polish writer Sienkiewicz, released by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain e-book. Set against the historical conflicts of seventeenth-century Eastern Europe, it belongs to Sienkiewicz's celebrated series of historical novels, with a grand narrative scale, interwoven characters and events, and both adventurous colour and historical atmosphere. This edition is in Finnish, suitable for readers who can read Finnish or who study Finnish literature and translation. Read it within the tradition of the historical novel: attend both to plot and characterisation and to how the author handles historical material and his language style. As a translated e-book, it is best read alongside maps and historical background to reduce the difficulty caused by the many characters and unfamiliar place names.

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Reading tips

  1. First learn the seventeenth-century Eastern European historical background and the main factions, then enter the plot.
  2. Consult a map while reading to sort out characters and geographical movements and reduce confusion.
  3. Treat Part One as the start of a series and continue with later parts if interested.
  4. If using it for language study, excerpt descriptive passages to compare the Finnish translation's expressions.

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Contents

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FAQ

What language is this edition in? This is a Finnish translation; the original is Sienkiewicz's historical novel With Fire and Sword. Readers without Finnish will find it hard to use directly and may consider translations in other languages instead.
Is this the complete story or the first part of a series? The information indicates this is the first part of the work, the beginning of a larger series. Plot and characters continue in later parts, so reading only the first part may feel unfinished; reading in series order is recommended.
Do I need to know the history first to read this historical novel? It is not mandatory, but a basic outline of seventeenth-century Eastern European history clearly lowers the difficulty. With many characters and place names, prior knowledge of the main conflicts helps readers enter the narrative faster.
What is the reading experience of the e-book edition like? As a Project Gutenberg public-domain e-text, it is easy to search and excerpt, and suitable for note-taking on an e-reader. Since it is a long narrative, software supporting bookmarks and annotations is recommended for revisiting character threads.

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About the author

Sienkiewicz, Henryk, 1846-1916 Author

Henryk Sienkiewicz (Sienkiewicz, Henryk, 1846-1916) is a renowned Polish writer whose works are represented by 33 titles on this Chinese book site. His best-known representative works include the historical novels With Fire and Sword, The Deluge, and Pan Michael, which are set against the history of Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine and present grand battle scenes and the fates of their characters; Quo Vadis, set in Nero's Rome, depicts the conflict between early Christianity and the Roman Empire. Other works such as In Desert and Wilderness are also available in the collection. Sienkiewicz's style emphasizes historical detail and narrative tension, often reflecting national and epochal destinies through individual experience, combining readability with emotional power and earning him a wide readership. Due to limited public information, details of his life are not expanded here.