The little trilogy
By: Henryk Sienkiewicz ; translated by Miroslaw Lipinski.
Contributors: Lipinski, Miroslaw.
Publisher: Hippocrene Bks.
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Sienkiewicz, Henryk, 1846-1916 -- Translations into English.
Description: In a new translation by Miroslaw Lipinski, The Little Trilogy contains everything readers have come to expect of the celebrated Sienkiewicz - charming and alluring characters, romance, heartbreak, action and adventure, humor and bravery. Set against the breathtaking panorama of the Polish countryside and the French wilderness, The Little Trilogy follows the volatile friendship between Selim Mirza, a Polonized Tartar, and Henryk, a character based on Sienkiewicz himself.

These close friends share confidences and dreams, court the same beautiful girl, and ultimately fight side by side in the Franco-Prussian War in an army unit full of dangerous ruffians and bandits. At each turn there are the possibilities of glorious death or victorious life, eternal love or melancholic despair. On each page there is full evidence of Sienkiewicz's mastery at character delineation and exciting narrative.

And behind it all is the perceptiveness of an author who was able to reveal, with both insight and compassion, the timeless truths that inform the human soul.
Table of contents: title: The old servant; title: Hania; title: Selim Mirza.