- Fire in the Steppe
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Fire in the Steppe Author(s) Henryk Sienkiewicz Original title Pan Wołodyjowski Country Poland Language Polish Series The Trilogy Genre(s) Historical novel Publication date 1888 Preceded by With Fire and Sword, The Deluge Fire in the Steppe (Polish: Pan Wołodyjowski, also translated into English as Sir Michael and Colonel Wolodyjowski; lit. Sir Wołodyjowski) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1888. It is the third volume in a series known to Poles as "the Trilogy," preceded by With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem, 1884) and The Deluge (Potop, 1886). The novel's protagonist is Michał Wołodyjowski.
Contents
Major characters
Historical figures:
- John Sobieski
- Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
- Petro Doroshenko
- Mikolaj Potocki
- Kara Mustafa Pasha
Fictional characters:
- Michał Wołodyjowski
- Ketling
- Jan Onufry Zagłoba
- Adam Nowowiejski
- Azja
- Barbara Jeziorkowska
- Krystyna Drohojowska
- Ewa Nowowiejska
Film Version
Fire in the Steppe was adapted to the screen by Polish director Jerzy Hoffman in 1968, as Colonel Wolodyjowski. The film was also serialized on Polish television, under the title The Adventures of Sir Michael (Polish: Przygody pana Michała).
See also
- With Fire and Sword
- The Deluge
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- List of historical novels
References
- Henryk Sienkiewicz, Fire in the Steppe, Hippocrene Books, 1992, ISBN 0-7818-0025-0.
- Jerzy R. Krzyżanowski, The Trilogy Companion: A Reader's Guide to the Trilogy of Henryk Sienkiewicz, Hippocrene Books, 1992, ISBN 0-87052-221-3.
- Sienkiewicz Trilogy DVD edition, 2004.
External links
Categories:- 1888 novels
- Novels by Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Sienkiewicz's Trilogy
- Novels adapted into films
- Novel stubs
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