Night

Bródy, Sándor, 1863-1924Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

3.3

Word count: 131K words
Chapters: 14

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.Éjszaka by Sándor BródyAuthor: Bródy, Sándor, 1863-1924,Language: Hungarian, Class: PH: Language and Literatures: Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures, Release Date: Mar 15, 2014

Editor's review

Éjszaka (Night) is a literary work by the Hungarian writer Sándor Bródy, a Hungarian-language text classified under Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures. Bródy was a major figure in Hungarian literary circles from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century, and his writing often concerns urban life and the individual condition. This book is presented in the original Hungarian and serves as a language sample for approaching modern Hungarian literature. Project Gutenberg's free electronic edition gives readers access to the original text without purchase, making it suitable for close reading with a dictionary or as supplementary material for language study. The value of reading this book lies not only in the story itself but in experiencing the rhythm of Hungarian prose and the texture of literary language in the early twentieth century. Because this is the original-language version, readers need some ability to read Hungarian, or must use translation tools or a bilingual approach to enter the text. It is advisable to learn about the author's life and the historical background first, then read chapter by chapter, paying attention to narrative perspective and atmosphere.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Learners with some foundation in Hungarian who wish to read literature in the original
Readers and researchers studying modern Hungarian literature or Central European literature
Self-learners who need a Hungarian text as material for intensive language reading
Literature enthusiasts interested in the atmosphere of early twentieth-century Central and Eastern European literature

Not a good fit for

Readers with no knowledge of Hungarian who hope to read a Chinese or English translation directly
Readers of popular fiction who expect a tightly plotted, story-driven book
Beginners who need extensive notes and guidance to enter the text

Reading tips

Look up the author's life and the background of Hungarian literary history before entering the text to reduce obstacles to understanding.
Read closely paragraph by paragraph; mark unfamiliar words first and look them up in a dictionary after finishing a section.
Use Hungarian audio resources to read passages aloud and feel the rhythm and tone of the prose.
After finishing, try summarizing each chapter in Chinese to check comprehension and sort out the narrative threads.

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Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

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FAQ

Can I read this book without knowing Hungarian?

Reading the original directly will be quite difficult. This book is a Hungarian text with no Chinese or English parallel text. If you do not know Hungarian, it is advisable to look for a translation first or use translation tools to assist paragraph by paragraph; otherwise it is hard to grasp the literary language and narrative details.

What is Bródy's place in Hungarian literature?

Sándor Bródy was a major writer in Hungarian literary circles from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century, active in Budapest literary life, and his works often involve urban life and individual psychology. This book can serve as an entry point for understanding Hungarian prose of that period, but for specific literary-historical assessments, relevant research materials should be consulted.

Is this electronic edition suitable for academic citation?

It can be used for reading the text and preliminary research, but academic citation should verify edition information, publication source, and page numbers. The Project Gutenberg edition is a free electronic text lacking the collation and notes of modern scholarly editions; when citing it in formal papers, it is advisable to check against an authoritative edition.

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Bródy, Sándor, 1863-1924 Author

Sándor Bródy (Bródy, Sándor, 1863–1924) was a Hungarian writer, but the materials available here on his nationality, life and education are very limited, making it impossible to reconstruct his full career from them. Judging from the works at hand, he was skilled at short narrative and sketch-like fiction. His representative works include Emberek: Elbeszélések, Éjszaka, Rejtelmek and Apró regények. This library holds six of his works, commonly classified under inspirational growth. His writing tends to focus on the daily lives, inner fluctuations and turning points of ordinary people. The pieces are short and the language concise, and he is good at revealing character and emotion through detail, giving him a fairly distinctive personal style within the short-story genre. These works have received limited attention among Chinese readers, and translation and research on them remain insufficient, so the scope of his influence still needs further study.