Légy jó mindhalálig
By Zsigmond Móricz
Cover: Double Portrait (Béni and Noémi) by Károly Ferenczy (1862-1917) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Misi Nyilas, a poor twelve-year-old at the old Reformed College in Debrecen, tries to live up to the school's strict code of honour. When he becomes tangled up in the business of a lost lottery ticket, the adult world turns out to be far less honest than the one he believes in. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.
Summary written with Claude Opus 5.5.