A Legend of Old Egypt

Bolesław Prus

"A Legend of Old Egypt" (Polish: "Z legend dawnego Egiptu") is a seven-page short story by Bolesław Prus, originally published January 1, 1888, in New Year's supplements to the Warsaw Kurier Codzienny (Daily Courier) and Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Illustrated Weekly).[1] It was his first piece of historical fiction and later served as a preliminary sketch for his only historical novel, Pharaoh (1895), which would be serialized in the Illustrated Weekly.[2]

"A Legend of Old Egypt" and Pharaoh show unmistakable kinships in setting, theme and denouement.[3]

  1. ^ Krystyna Tokarzówna and Stanisław Fita, Bolesław Prus, 1847-1912, p. 376.
  2. ^ Christopher Kasparek, "Prus' Pharaoh: the Creation of a Historical Novel", The Polish Review, 1994, no. 1, p. 46.
  3. ^ Christopher Kasparek, "Prus' Pharaoh: the Creation of a Historical Novel", p. 46.