Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novel "The Deluge"

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Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novel "The Deluge" is a classic 19th-century Polish historical epic that dramatizes the Swedish invasion of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 17th century, highlighting national resistance and Catholic patriotism.

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instanceOf Polish literature work ⓘ
historical epic ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Henryk Sienkiewicz ⓘ
awarded partly cited in Nobel Prize in Literature 1905 justification ⓘ
contributedTo Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Nobel Prize in Literature (1905) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Poland ⓘ
depictsEvent Siege of Jasna Góra ⓘ
Swedish invasion of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
The Deluge (Swedish invasion of Poland) ⓘ
filmAdaptationCountry Poland ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Jerzy Hoffman ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1974 ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1886 ⓘ
followedBy Fire in the Steppe ⓘ
follows With Fire and Sword ⓘ
genre adventure novel ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
war novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Deluge (1974 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Deluge
historicalScope Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
literaryMovement positivism in Poland ⓘ
literarySignificance classic of Polish literature ⓘ
key work of Polish historical prose ⓘ
mainCharacter Andrzej Kmicic ⓘ
Jan Skrzetuski ⓘ
Janusz Radziwiłł ⓘ
Michał Wołodyjowski ⓘ
Oleńka Billewiczówna ⓘ
mainTheme Catholic patriotism ⓘ
loyalty and betrayal ⓘ
national resistance ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableLocation Jasna Góra Monastery ⓘ
originalLanguage Polish ⓘ
originalTitle Potop ⓘ
linked to: Potop szwedzki
partOf Trilogy ⓘ
portraysGroup Lithuanian magnates ⓘ
Polish nobility (szlachta) ⓘ
linked to: Polish nobility

Swedish army ⓘ
linked to: Swedish Army
prequel With Fire and Sword ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
publicationPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
sequel Fire in the Steppe ⓘ
settingPeriod 17th century ⓘ
Second Northern War ⓘ

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Siege of Jasna Góra → commemoratedIn → Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novel "The Deluge" ⓘ
Battle of Częstochowa (1655) → hasCulturalDepiction → Potop (The Deluge) by Henryk Sienkiewicz ⓘ
linked to: Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novel "The Deluge"
Polish literature → notableWork → The Trilogy by Henryk Sienkiewicz ⓘ
linked to: Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novel "The Deluge"