Dr. Dumány's Wife
by Mór Jókai
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"A deafening uproar -- the cracking of wood and glass, the grating and crushing of iron, and the pitiful cries of men, women, and children --" The traveler leaps free just as the train, battered by the rockslide, plunges off the mountainside. Yet he has not leapt alone, for he had seized in his arms a shy, mute American boy. The Hungarian traveler soon finds himself confronted by a series of disturbing puzzles. Suddenly the mute child speaks fluent Hungarian -- and the grateful boy's father, show more Dumany, seems already to know intimate details of his child's rescuer's life! And even more disturbing than Dumany -- the American Croesus said to have served the devil -- is his strangely reserved wife. 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
- Dr. Dumány's Wife
- Original title
- Nincsen ördög
- Original publication date
- 1891
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- English, Hungarian
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