Arianna : Tizenhat elbeszélés by Ferenc Herczeg
"The pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria" by of Alexandria Hero is a scientific treatise written in the 1st century AD. It likely explores the principles of air, steam, vacuum, and pressure through demonstrations and devices, explaining how automata, fountains, and siphons work and offering practical constructions. The opening of the provided text, however, presents a set of Hungarian short stories set around the turn of the 20th century, sketching vivid provincial lives
and psychology. First, a secluded landowner nicknamed Arianna (Zajcsáryné), a poised divorcée, hosts two hunters—one her former husband—and in a hushed evening talk she coolly dissects what captivates women, casting love as a mirror that reflects a woman’s self. Next, in “Jancsi’s Mother,” a narrator visits a capable, severe widow whose imaginative son reshapes tragic history into a happy tale for a peasant girl, only to clash with his mother’s rigid principles and injure himself in defiance—prompting reflections on her unbending will and a husband’s past suicide. Then “Naca” shows a count’s panic and eerie hallucinations soothed by a doctor’s gentle daughter and a diagnosis of nicotine poisoning, until Paris and a tempting letter pull him away, leaving the girl quietly heartsore. Finally, “The House Friend” follows a moralizing family friend who pushes a cuckolded husband into a duel that leaves him wounded—and yearning again for the wife whose affair upended their domestic idyll. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Herczeg, Ferenc, 1863-1954 |
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| LoC No. | ca17003871 |
| Title | Arianna : Tizenhat elbeszélés |
| Original Publication | Budapest: Singer és Wolfner, 1904. |
| Contents | Arianna -- Jancsi édesanyja -- Naca -- A házibarát -- Kék és piros -- A szőke Marietta -- A rejtelmes özvegy -- Csendes emberölés -- A segédjegyző regénye -- A nyolcas szám -- A fekete lovas -- Gyorsvonaton -- Csak leány -- Igaz szerelem -- Leánykérő -- A kék csóka. |
| 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 | Short stories, Hungarian |
| Subject | Hungarian fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77409 |
| Release Date | Dec 6, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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