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Miklós Bánffy

    December 30, 1873 – June 5, 1950

    Miklós Bánffy was a Hungarian aristocrat and politician who became known as a novelist. His work portrays the decline of pre-war Hungary, failed by a shortsighted aristocracy. Bánffy masterfully blends his aristocratic heritage with an avant-garde sensibility, creating a unique perspective on his subject matter. His novels are profound meditations on loss and societal change that continue to resonate with readers today.

    Milolu
    LJ Veen Klassiek: Geteld, geteld
    Egy erdélyi gróf emlékiratai
    They Were Found Wanting
    They Were Divided
    They Were Counted
    • They Were Counted

      • 560 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      Abady becomes aware of the plight of a group of Romanian mountain peasants and champions their cause, while Gyeroffy dissipates his resources at the gaming tables, mirroring the decline of the Austro-Hungarian empire itself.

      They Were Counted
      4.5
    • They Were Divided

      • 450 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Tells about the lives of Balint, with his ultimately unhappy love for Adrienne, and his fatally flawed cousin, Laszlo Gyeroffy, who dies in poverty and neglect.

      They Were Divided
      4.3
    • They Were Found Wanting

      • 250 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Balint Abady is forced to part from the beautiful and unhappily married Adrienne Uzdy. This title contrasts a life of privilege and corruption with the lives and problems of an expatriate Romanian peasant minority whom Balint tries to help. It is an unrivalled evocation of a rich aristocratic world oblivious of its impending demise.

      They Were Found Wanting
      4.3
    • LJ Veen Klassiek: Geteld, geteld

      Met een voorwoord van Jaap Scholten - Roman - druk 1

      • 672 pages
      • 24 hours of reading

      Kroniek over het leven van de Hongaarse adel in de tijd van de Oostenrijks-Hongaarse monarchie.

      LJ Veen Klassiek: Geteld, geteld
      4.2
    • Byli jste sečteni

      • 700 pages
      • 25 hours of reading

      Počátek třídílné románové ságy, která přibližuje život uherské šlechty v Transylvánii na přelomu 19. a 20. století, tak jak ho zažil sám autor. Transylvánská trilogie hraběte Mikuláše Bánffyho (1873-1950) je rozsáhlý, u nás dosud neznámý románový obraz doby, kdy se uherská aristokracie začala blížit svému zániku. Bánffy zde z vlastní zkušenosti zachytil nákladný a pohodlný život dobové šlechty, její lehkomyslnost, zábavy, romantické aféry, souboje, sklony k hazardu a svárlivé politikaření. Ale také denní provoz na šlechtických panstvích a podmanivou přírodní krásu Transylvánie (neboli Sedmihradska) - země, o niž Maďarsko po první světové válce přišlo ve prospěch dnešního Rumunska. Nakladatelská anotace. Kráceno.

      Byli jste sečteni
      4.0