Dániel pap lesz : Regény by Lajos Tolnai
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"Dániel pap lesz" by Tolnai Lajos is a novel written in the late 19th century. It centers on Máthé Dániel, a capable village schoolmaster whose energetic, status-conscious wife becomes determined to make him a Protestant pastor after the local minister dies, revealing the petty rivalries, ambitions, and social pecking orders of a provincial community. With a realist eye and a satirical edge, the story probes clergy prestige versus the schoolmaster’s lot, the
power of appearances, and the corrosive force of gossip. The opening of the novel depicts the death and grand funeral of the old pastor Dömök Péter, which dazzles the town and ignites Dánielné’s fierce resolve to elevate her husband from rektor to pap. We meet the boastful leaseholder Markos, the swarm of visiting clergy, and Dániel himself—a towering man with a commanding bass voice—while his wife schemes tirelessly, even vowing to forgo meat until he agrees. Dániel wavers under her pressure and the flattery of a visiting seminary student, Oláh József, whose praise of great urban preachers and disdain for “komisz” rektori énekek stings Dániel’s pride. Gossip spreads as Dániel resigns his post, the villagers plead for him to stay, the esperes maneuvers for his own candidate, and Dániel conducts one last school examination under a chilly, needling official gaze—setting the stage for his uncertain leap toward the ministry. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Tolnai, Lajos, 1837-1902 |
|---|---|
| Title | Dániel pap lesz : Regény |
| Original Publication | Budapest: Athenaeum, 1893. |
| Credits | Albert László from page images generously made available by the Hungarian Electronic Library |
| Language | Hungarian |
| LoC Class | PH: Language and Literatures: Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures |
| Subject | Hungarian fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77437 |
| Release Date | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 257 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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