St. Peter's Umbrella: A Novel by Kálmán Mikszáth
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"St. Peter's Umbrella: A Novel" by Kálmán Mikszáth is a novel published in 1895. Set in rural Upper Hungary, the story follows a young priest struggling to care for his infant sister until a mysterious red umbrella appears during a storm, seemingly protecting the child. The villagers believe Saint Peter himself left it, bringing prosperity to their parish. Meanwhile, a young lawyer obsessively searches for this same umbrella, convinced it contains proof
of his hidden inheritance—leading him to an unexpected encounter that will change everything. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Mikszáth, Kálmán, 1847-1910 |
|---|---|
| Author of introduction, etc. | Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet), 1854-1909 |
| Translator | Worswick, B. W. |
| Uniform Title | Szent Péter esernyője. English |
| Title | St. Peter's Umbrella: A Novel |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Umbrella_(novel) |
| Note | Translation of: Szent Péter esernyője |
| Credits |
Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PH: Language and Literatures: Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures |
| Subject | Hungary -- Fiction |
| Subject | Hungarian fiction -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 31945 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-31945-2 |
| Release Date | Apr 11, 2010 |
| Last Update | Jan 6, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 716 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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