The Doll

Bolesław Prus

Original title: Lalka

Translated by David Welsh first published 1949 A Central European University Press Book, 1996 paperback 701 pages

Central European classics

A new translation of an 1890 Polish classic about a man infatuated with a woman of higher birth, cold as a doll. A tale of unrequited love. By the author of The Sins of Childhood.

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This book in English

David Welsh 1 printing we hold · 1996 · A Central European University Press Book

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Editions we hold

The doll edition · 2011 · New York Review Books · 9781590173831
The Doll (Central European Classics) (Central European Classics) paperback · 1996 · A Central European University Press Book · 701 pages · 9781858660653
Lalka. edition · 1995 · Paṅstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy
The Doll (Central European Classics) paperback · 1994 · Chatto and Windus · 672 pages · 9780701161408
Doll edition · 1993 · Dedalus, Sawtry · 900 pages
The Doll paperback · 1993 · Buccaneer Books Inc · 700 pages
Lalka edition · 1991 · Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich

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