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English teacher Alfie Budd in Hong Kong found the perfect woman, married her, and decided to spend the rest of his life with her. Then he lost her and continued to live in the belief that life doesn't give you two chances for that kind of love.
Twelve men in generational succession represent the main characters of this magnificent family saga that spans the last three hundred years of Hungarian history.
The novella was published for the first time in 1961 in the magazine Novij mir and aroused anger among critics, pointing out that it is only "about the narrow, intimate experiences of the heroine".
The novel The Peasants (1844) is a realistic depiction of French rural life in the first half of the 19th century. The book leaves the impression of a tragic struggle between the old order and new social forces, making it a key work of French realism.