The Poor Plutocrats: A Romance of Transylvania
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A Transylvanian squire of enormous wealth and no occupation, a robber chief in the mountains who is a gentleman, and a girl in a manor house between them. Jókai read out the demands of the 1848 revolution on the steps of the Pest museum and was hunted for it afterwards; he wrote well over a hundred books, and this is the one where his Hungary is at its most extravagant — a country of grandees, brigands and unpaid bills. Sixty paintings of horses at work and war, from Aivazovsky to Hokusai, run alongside Jókai's tale of a Hungary where grandees and brigands ride hard.
A Transylvanian squire of enormous wealth and no occupation, a robber chief in the mountains who is a gentleman, and a girl in a manor house between them. Jókai read out the demands of the 1848 revolution on the steps of the Pest museum and was hunted for it afterwards; he wrote well over a hundr...
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Mór Jókai (1825–1904) was a Hungarian novelist, dramatist, and politician. He edited the political daily A Hon, served in the Hungarian parliament, and published over a hundred novels and stories. Among his works translated into English are The Poor Plutocrats, Debts of Honor, and 'Midst the Wild Carpathians.
Mór Jókai (1825–1904) was a Hungarian novelist, dramatist, and politician. He edited the political daily A Hon, served in the Hungarian parliament, and published over a hundred novels and stories. Among his works translated into English are The Poor Plutocrats, Debts of Honor, and 'Midst the Wild...
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