''The New Woman'' ( pl, Emancypantki) is the third of four major
novels by the Polish writer
Bolesław Prus
Aleksander Głowacki (20 August 1847 – 19 May 1912), better known by his pen name Bolesław Prus (), was a Polish novelist, a leading figure in the history of Polish literature and philosophy, as well as a distinctive voice in world li ...
. It was composed, and appeared in
newspaper serialization, in 1890-93, and dealt with societal questions involving
feminism
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History
''The New Woman'', written in 1890–93, first appeared serially in the
Warsaw
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''Kurier Codzienny'' (Daily Courier). Its first book publication followed in 1894.
[Edward Pieścikowski, ''Bolesław Prus'', pp. 155, 157.]
Characters
Main
*Magdalena Brzeska
*Emma Latter
*Ada Solska
*Stefan Solski
*Helena Norska
*Kazimierz Norski
Film
In 1982, the novel was adapted as a Polish
feature film
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, ''Pensja Pani Latter'' (Mrs. Latter's Boarding School).
See also
*
List of feminist literature
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Notes
References
*
Czesław Miłosz
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, ''The History of Polish Literature'', New York, Macmillan, 1969.
*Edward Pieścikowski, ''Bolesław Prus'', 2nd edition, Warsaw,
Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe
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, 1985.
*
Zygmunt Szweykowski, ''Twórczość Bolesława Prusa'' (The Art of Bolesław Prus), 2nd edition, Warsaw, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1972.
Further reading
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Bolesław Prus
Aleksander Głowacki (20 August 1847 – 19 May 1912), better known by his pen name Bolesław Prus (), was a Polish novelist, a leading figure in the history of Polish literature and philosophy, as well as a distinctive voice in world li ...
, ''Emancipated Women'', translated from Prus' ''Emancypantki'' by Stephanie Kraft, 2015: available at
mancypantki.netand as an ebook and print book through
Amazon.com
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,
Barnes & Noble, and
Kobo
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1893 novels
Novels by Bolesław Prus
Feminist fiction
Novels first published in serial form
Polish novels
Works originally published in Polish newspapers
19th-century Polish novels
Polish novels adapted into films
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