Boy – to prawdziwa kariera. W trzy czwarte wieku po śmierci być nadal w centrum rzeczy polskich, budzić najżywsze kontrowersje, jednoczyć i dzielić, być zarazem osobą i sztandarem – czego publicysta może chcieć więcej? Ale Tadeusz Żeleński to przede wszystkim pisarz i jako taki powinien być czytany. Jego różnorodne teksty, zebrane w tomie Mity i zgrzyty pod kątem stosunku do przeszłości i współczesności, wykazać mają klasę pisarską, konsekwencję i styl myślenia Boya: świadka i krytyka swojej, a zwierciadła naszej epoki.
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Tadeusz Żeleński, known as Boy, was a prominent figure on the Polish literary scene in the first half of the 20th century. As a writer, poet, critic, and above all, a translator of over a hundred French literary classics into Polish, he left an indelible mark. His work, influenced by the Young Poland movement, often provoked and questioned contemporary norms. Boy was not only a literary enfant terrible but also a celebrated translator who brought French classics closer to Polish readers.
Poor, plain spinster Bette is compelled to survive on the condescending patronage of her socially superior relatives in Paris: her beautiful, saintly cousin Adeline, the philandering Baron Hulot and their daughter Hortense. Already deeply resentful of their wealth, when Bette learns that the man she is in love with plans to marry Hortense, she becomes consumed by the desire to exact her revenge and dedicates herself to the destruction of the Hulot family, plotting their ruin with patient, silent malice. Cousin Bette is a gripping tale of violent jealousy, sexual passion and treachery, and a brilliant portrayal of the grasping, bourgeois society of 1840s Paris. The culmination of the Comédie humaine, Balzac's epic chronicle of his times, it is one of his greatest triumphs as a novelist.