In Desert and Wilderness
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About This Book
The book includes more than 100 illustrations. The Story of a Lighthouse Keeper (translated in 2016 by Sergiej Nowikow). Henryk Sienkiewicz is the 1905 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature. It is an overwhelming story of a retired elderly soldier who takes the job of a lighthouse keeper in the Caribbean Sea. A striking surprise is waiting for him on the shore of Panama. This is the translation by S.Nowikow, which is easy to read and understand. It is one of the best translations of the work ever published. In Desert and Wilderness (translated by Max A. Drezmal). Another work by Henry...
Chapters (56)
- IN DESERT
- AUTHOR OF "WITH FIRE AND SWORD," "QUO VADIS," "WHIRLPOOLS," ETC.
- TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH BY
- MAX A. DREZMAL
- BOSTON
- PART FIRST
- IN DESERT AND WILDERNESS
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- XII
- XIII
- XIV
- XV
- XVI
- XVII
- XVIII
- XIX
- XX
- XXI
- PART SECOND
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- XII
- XIII
- XIV
- XV
- XVI
- XVII
- XVIII
- XIX
- XX
- XXI
- XXII
- XXIII
- XXIV
- XXV
- CONCLUSION
- THE END
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