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Prus, Boleslaw

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Prus, Boleslaw (1845–1912)

Polish novelist and journalist. His novels, characterized by their detailed observation, include Placówka/The Outpost 1886, Lalka/The Doll 1890, a wide-ranging social and human chronicle set against the backcloth of contemporary Warsaw, and Faraon/The Pharoah and the Priest 1897, a historical novel set in ancient Egypt.

Among other novels by Prus are Emancypantki/The Emancipated Woman 1894 and Dzieci/Children 1909, his last short novel. His social comments and humorous articles, published weekly for nearly 40 years in the Warsaw press, are collected in Kroniki.



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