Anhelli by Juliusz Słowacki

"Anhelli" by Juliusz Słowacki is a prose poem written in 1837. A young exile named Anhelli journeys through Siberia with his guide Shaman, witnessing the suffering of Polish exiles in this "white hell" of frozen deserts, mines, and dungeons. Chosen as a potential redeemer for his purity, Anhelli traverses landscapes reminiscent of Dante's inferno, encountering brutalized compatriots and their starving children. This messianistic work questions whether one individual can save an entire nation condemned to spiritual destruction. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Słowacki, Juliusz, 1809-1849
Title Anhelli
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhelli Wikipedia page about this book: pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhelli
Credits Produced by Ewa "czupirek" Jaros (produced from images generously made available by CBN Polona - polona.pl/)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 72.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language Polish
LoC Class PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature
Subject Polish poetry
Category Text
eBook-No. 28121
Release Date
Last Update Jan 4, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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