Project Gutenberg 2014-07-30 Public domain in the USA. 84 Sienkiewicz, Henryk 1846 1916 Curtin, Jeremiah 1835 1906 In Vain Produced by Charlene Taylor, Heike Leichsenring, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "In Vain" by Henryk Sienkiewicz is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the experiences of a young Jewish student named Yosef Shvarts as he navigates university life in Kieff, where ambition, friendships, love, and sacrifice intertwine in his quest for knowledge. Central to the narrative is the character of Helena, a widow with a tragic past, whose presence profoundly affects both Yosef and his friend Gustav. The opening of "In Vain" introduces Yosef as he arrives in Kieff, filled with excitement and idealism about the vast world of knowledge awaiting him at the university. He soon reconnects with his friend Gustav, who reveals the harsh realities of student life and the challenges they face, including poverty and emotional turmoil. As the narrative unfolds, existential themes emerge, particularly through Gustav's relationship with the widow, Helena. The complexity of their feelings lays the groundwork for future conflict and character development, foreshadowing the struggles of love and sacrifice that will unfold throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46454/46454-h/images/cover.jpg en Polish fiction -- Translations into English PG Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 309448 309459 2024-09-19T11:45:35.144287 2023-09-20T07:54:04.433394 text/html text/html 309529 2014-07-30T15:03:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 270304 2014-07-30T15:04:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 290782 2024-09-19T11:45:39.517281 application/epub+zip 295761 2024-09-19T11:45:35.796310 application/epub+zip 174920 2024-09-19T11:45:35.472299 application/epub+zip 400542 2024-09-19T11:45:42.716358 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 375548 2024-09-19T11:45:39.194292 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 255128 2022-09-21T06:44:47.619427 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290293 290040 2024-09-19T11:45:34.501326 2023-09-20T07:54:03.826386 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 290185 2014-07-30T14:56:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 110456 2014-07-30T15:04:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 290187 2014-07-30T14:56:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 110409 2014-07-30T15:04:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20766 2024-09-19T11:45:42.850244 application/rdf+xml 14926 2024-09-19T11:45:35.540288 image/jpeg 2197 2024-09-19T11:45:35.506304 image/jpeg 270745 2024-09-19T11:45:35.179306 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia