Szeptember : Regény by Zoltán Ambrus
The saga of Silver Bend by J. E. Grinstead is a novel written in the late 19th century. It examines how a gentle, self-effacing lyric poet, Hódy Balázs, builds his life and art around an unattainable muse, the beautiful Sárváryné, turning unrequited love into a creed of renunciation. The story blends urbane irony with intimate psychology, tracing devotion, humiliation, and the stubborn dignity of a man who chooses to suffer for beauty.
The opening of this novel begins with a witty, incisive riff on “cherchez la femme,” then claims no one thinks to seek the woman behind a lyric poet’s fate—before doing exactly that. It unveils Sárváryné as the Beatrice who inspires all of Hódy’s verse; recounts his first shy visits as a Greek tutor to her brother, his awkward, instant adoration, and her swift marriage that turns his longing into the Ginevra cycle, Spleen, and De Profundis. Years later, a letter draws him into her household to teach her children; he becomes a quiet fixture at the table, living on proximity and illusion while she bears son after son, and he mistakes passing kindness for hope. Disillusion, drink, and a failed suicide follow; convalescence leads to a second, resigned life in which he nurtures memory, revisits old places, and recovers his voice in dreams. The section closes by pivoting to a second, silent love: Hódy seeks a room to rent, stumbles into the unruly Fodor household, meets the formidable mother, glimpses little Ella amid bath-time chaos, and is dispatched to find a “little red monkey” near a globe as the next chapter opens. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Ambrus, Zoltán, 1861-1932 |
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| Title | Szeptember : Regény |
| Original Publication | Budapest: Athenaeum, 1897. |
| 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. | 77497 |
| Release Date | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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