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The Deluge Volume 1
by Henryk SIENKIEWICZ (1846 - 1916)Chapter XI part 3
The Deluge (Polish: Potop) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1886. It is the second volume of a three-volume series known to Poles as "the Trilogy," having been preceded by With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem, 1884) and followed by Fire in the Steppe (Pan Wołodyjowski, 1886). The novel tells a story of a fictional Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth soldier and noble Andrzej Kmicic and shows a panorama of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Swedish invasion of Poland known in the Polish tradtion as „Potop” (hence the title). Kmita is a patriot who, nevertheless, unexpectedly and unwittingly finds himself on the wrong side of the conflict as a new war starts to ravage the already weakened Commonwealth. This decision costs him dearly as his beloved Olenka now sees him as a traitor. This is an epic panorama of a country that is torn not only by a war with the external enemy, but also by a struggle with unscrupulous nobles who use their country's plight as an opportunity to magnify their power and zone of influence even if that means siding with the enemy. On the other hand we also see valiant soldiers, who, both with their swords and their wits, fight to expel the invading army. (Summary by Wikipedia and Piotr Nater)
Listen next episodes of The Deluge Volume 1:
Chapter XII , Chapter XIII part 1 , Chapter XIII part 2 , Chapter XIV part 1 , Chapter XIV part 2 , Chapter XIX , Chapter XL , Chapter XLI , Chapter XV , Chapter XVI , Chapter XVII , Chapter XVIII part 1 , Chapter XVIII part 2 , Chapter XX , Chapter XXI , Chapter XXII , Chapter XXIII , Chapter XXIV , Chapter XXIX , Chapter XXV , Chapter XXVI part 1 , Chapter XXVI part 2 , Chapter XXVII , Chapter XXVIII , Chapter XXX , Chapter XXXI part 1 , Chapter XXXI part 2 , Chapter XXXII , Chapter XXXIII part 1 , Chapter XXXIII part 2 , Chapter XXXIV , Chapter XXXIX , Chapter XXXV , Chapter XXXVI , Chapter XXXVII , Chapter XXXVIII