Wierna rzeka
By Stefan Żeromski
Cover: Po powstaniu. W drodze do kościoła (After the Uprising. On the Way to Church) by Artur Grottger (1837-1867) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
In the winter of 1863 the young insurgent Józef Odrowąż, wounded in the January Uprising, is hidden in a ruined manor on the Vistula by Salomea Brynicka, a lady who has her own secrets. Żeromski's short, lyrical novel tells of their love and of the uprising's defeat. 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 Sonnet 5.5.