Realia urzędniczej egzystencji. Urzędnicy guberni północno-zachodnich Cesarstwa Rosyjskiego w świetle twórczości literackiej Elizy Orzeszkowej

Maria Korybut-Marciniak

doi:10.31648/ep.2069

Published: 2018-11-101

No. XVIII (2017)

The Realities of Clerical Existence. A Portrayal of Civil Officers in North-Western Governorates of the Russian Empire in Eliza Orzeszkowa’s Literary Works

Maria Korybut-Marciniak

Echa Przeszłości

Section: ARTICLES

https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.2069

Abstract

Eliza Orzeszkowa, a Polish novelist of the 19^th and 20^th centuries, created a grim portrayal of civil offcers as men who were deprived of personal development opportu-nities, a sense of purpose or hope. The author introduces readers to small attic rooms, daunting legal offces and people who lived in perpetual anxiety and abject poverty, and whose only reason for living was the illusory hope that their toil would contribute to the prosperity of the future generations. Their dreams were delusive because their educational status, which had been attained at considerable self-sacrifce, did not gu-arantee employment. In her work, Orzeszkowa made attempts to turn Polish readers’ attention to the tragic circumstances of the intelligentsia living in north-western go-vernorates of the Russian Empire.

Keywords:

Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish territories, Russia, civil officers, 19th/20th century

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Korybut-Marciniak, M. (2018). The Realities of Clerical Existence. A Portrayal of Civil Officers in North-Western Governorates of the Russian Empire in Eliza Orzeszkowa’s Literary Works. Echa Przeszłości, (XVIII). https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.2069

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