A podolini takácsné : Elbeszélések by Gyula Krúdy

"In peril on the sea" by Montague T. Hainsselin is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The opening suggests atmospheric, Central European tales where memory, longing, and everyday decency meet folklore and the uncanny, following a principled widower, a tireless district clerk, and small-town souls who brush against fate and ghosts. The opening of the work strings together several vignettes. In A podolini takácsné, the upright landowner Pázsmáti János escorts his fragile son to Podolin and is stirred by memories of his youthful love for Irma, only to master the temptation and leave with his integrity intact. A tótok elfogynak follows Haviár József, a devoted county clerk who watches over his district like a father; after his wife’s death and a harsh remarriage, the dead mother’s spirit lures the children away, and Haviár himself declines into drink. A fejnélküli barát relates how a timid spinster, Scholtz Antónia, sees the legendary headless monk and, joyfully reconciled to fate, dies a month later. Jézuska csizmája shows two ruined mercenaries, cheated and cast into the snow, saved only when an austere sister leads them to their stolen boots hanging from a roadside crucifix—too late for one, whom the Christ on the cross wordlessly claims. Finally, Ábrándok begins with Hollós, a young scholar in old Buda, drawn night after night toward a mysterious woman’s song, as the scene freezes on his first close approach. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Krúdy, Gyula, 1878-1933
Title A podolini takácsné : Elbeszélések
Original Publication Budapest: Singer és Wolfner, 1914.
Contents A podolini takácsné -- A tótok elfogynak -- A fejnélküli barát -- Jézuska csizmája -- Ábrándok -- Gyurkovay hazaballag -- Dickens úr barátai -- Zathureczky agarai -- Asszonyok inspekciója -- A kapitány kalapja -- A gárdista bundája -- A bujdosó földesuraságról -- Korvin lelke -- Kázmér -- Falu -- A Hartwig -- Egy régi bál -- Őserdőben -- Misley pipázott -- A folyó mellett -- Őszi nap falun -- Az enyicki menyecskék -- Egy végzett földesúr történetéből -- Öreg idő.
Credits Albert László from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project
Language Hungarian
LoC Class PH: Language and Literatures: Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures
Subject Hungarian fiction -- 20th century
Subject Short stories, Hungarian
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EBook-No. 77261
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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