The Poor Plutocrats
by Mór Jókai
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The tale includes mysterious bandits, counterfeiters, poisoners and murderers, plus portraits of Hungarian and Romanian peasant life in the later 1800s. J kai rises to the sort of breathless excitement produced by Dumas.M r J kai -- also known as Maurus J kai -- was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist. He originally studied law and became an advocate in what is now Budapest. Encouraged by the reception of his first play, The Jewish Boy, he turned to writing, producing Working Days, and show more becoming editor of letk pek, the leading Hungarian literary journal. Following a revolution and the deposition of the Hapsburg dynasty, he became a political suspect. He spent the next fourteen years reviving the Magyar language, producing thirty romances and numerous other works. After the re-establishment of the Hungarian Constitution, he sat in parliament for twenty years, founded and edited the government organ Hon, and was later elevated to the upper house by the king. show lessTags
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Mor Jokai, an author of romances who enjoyed great popularity in his day, was a sort of Jules Verne of Hungary who became known throughout Europe. He wrote more than 100 novels. Though weak in characterization, Jokai was a master of suspense and fantastic---sometimes "scientific"---adventure, which took place in exotic settings and was colored by show more his own exuberant optimism. The Dark Diamond (1870) and The Man with the Golden Touch (1872, sometimes translated A Modern Midas) are his two outstanding tales. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Poor Plutocrats
- Original title
- Szegény gazdagok
- Original publication date
- 1860
- Related movies
- Szegény gazdagok (1938 | IMDb); Szegény gazdagok (1959 | IMDb)
- Original language
- Hungarian
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- English, German, Hungarian, Russian
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- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 19
- ASINs
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