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쿠오바디스는 폴란드의 기자출신 작가 셴키에비치가 지은 역사소설이다. “Quo Vadis, Domine”는 라틴어로 “주여, 어디로 가시나이까”라는 뜻이다. 네로의 기독교 탄압을 소재로 하여, 제정 러시아의 식민통치를 받던 폴란드 사람들의 고난을 그린 민족주의 문학이다. 소설 속 박해받는 그리스도인들과 리기 왕국 출신의 장사 우르수스는 폴란드인들을 상징한다. 폴란드의 가제타 신문에 연재되었으며, 영화로도 만들어졌다. 셴키에비치는 고대 그리스와 로마문학에 관심이 많았는데, 쿠오바디스도 고대 로마의 역사가 타키투스의 《연대기》를 참조하여 썼다. 타키투스의 《연대기》는 …

With Fire and Sword is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1884. It is the first volume of a series known to Poles as The Trilogy, followed by The Deluge and Fire in the Steppe. The novel has been adapted as a film several times, most recently in 1999. With Fire and Sword is a …

The Knights of the Cross or The Teutonic Knights is a 1900 historical novel written by the eminent Polish Positivist writer and the 1905 Nobel laureate, Henryk Sienkiewicz. Its first English translation was published in the same year as the original. The book was serialized by the magazine Tygodnik Illustrowany …

Fire in the Steppe 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", being preceded by With Fire and Sword and The Deluge. The novel's protagonist is Michał Wołodyjowski.

In Desert and Wilderness is a popular young adult novel by Polish author and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz, written in 1912. It is the author's only novel written for children/teenagers. In Desert and Wilderness tells the story of two young friends, Staś Tarkowski and Nel Rawlison, kidnapped by …

The Deluge 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 and followed by Fire in the Steppe. The novel tells a story of a fictional Polish-Lithuanian …

With Fire and Sword is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1884. It is the first volume of a series known to Poles as The Trilogy, followed by The Deluge and Fire in the Steppe. The novel has been adapted as a film several times, most recently in 1999. With Fire and Sword is a …