JÓKAI, Mór.

£2,250 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Fekete Gyémántok. First edition in the original Hungarian of Jókai's futuristic novel, translated into English in 1896 as Black Diamonds.A prolific and popular writer, and one of the most important Hungarian novelists of the 19th century, Jókai has been compared to both Dickens and Scott. He authored more than a hundred books, not only novels, but also short stories, plays and poetry. Queen Victoria was an admirer of his work.

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