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Краткое содержание: Сказания Йокаи
- Чтение: 8 мин.
- 10 parts
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A Turkish pasha marches on Debreczen, a bandit chief offers a countess a dance, and a lost landmass submerges.
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Краткое содержание: 8 min на чтение
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- Около 5 h 35 min4 h 25 min fast, 6 h 35 min slow
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- Слов: 79 500
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Сказания Йокаи in short
Taken together, the nine tales show one habit of mind. A person or a town meets a threat, and the winner is whoever sees the situation most clearly, often with a joke or a prayer. Dobozy bluffs a pasha, a countess dances with a robber, a sultan listens for the words that will convict a lawyer, and a pastor offers books against a curse.
What Сказания Йокаи is about
What would you do if a Turkish pasha rode up to your town with a cannon at every gate, and your governor answered by promising to burn the place down first? That is how the first story in Tales from Jókai begins.
Mór Jókai, born in 1825 and dead in 1904, was Hungary's most prolific storyteller. This volume gathers nine of his shorter tales.
Для кого. Readers who enjoy campfire tales, ghost stories, comic escapades and legends of old Europe will find nine lively journeys here, most with a lesson about pride, faith or justice.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A town bluffs a pasha at Debreczen
Debreczen has no walls, no moat and no drawbridge. Its defense is twelve crumbling towers with thatched roofs, and a stork's nest sits on top of each one. The hot-tempered governor Stephen Dobozy answers the Pasha's latest threat with a single line, let him come if he likes.
The Pasha arrives at dawn with a cannon aimed at every gate. The women are already on the road, valuables have been thrown into the wells, and the town will burn the moment the enemy attacks. The Pasha sees that a burnt Debreczen would be worth nothing to him, so he backs down and even praises the governor.
But his grace is only a pretense. He sends five hundred horsemen to wait in the forest for the wagons full of women. Then a dark storm gathers behind them.
A town that is ready to lose everything can stand against an enemy who is willing to lose only a little.
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A baron fears every kindness on the road
An old baron tells this tale, and he is the comic victim of his own story.
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A new sheriff faces a private challenge
This tale is a fragment of an old chronicle from the city of Caschau, where a hundred electors choose Michael Dóronczius as Sheriff.
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Two tales of judging character wisely
The fourth tale is set in Stambul under Sultan Soliman the Magnificent.
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A curse on a palace and a plan of study
The sixth tale, The Red Starosta, opens at the palace of Bialystok, whose owners always pass it through a daughter to a son-in-law, never to a son.
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A doctor is humbled at the banquet table
The Prince's son Casimir and the pastor's son Heinrich spend six years abroad studying together.
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A faithful sailor is cast adrift from Carthage
The seventh tale, The City of the Beast, opens with Plato and the vanished continent of Atlantis.
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The city of delight picks a new god
The old man leads them to a city like a fever dream.
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A ghostly niche and a refuge with bells
The eighth tale is a ghost story told by the author himself, who warns timid readers to skip it.
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One storyteller, many voices and a lesson
The nine stories span history, comedy, ghost stories and fantasy.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Stephen Dobozy The hot-tempered governor of Debreczen, who answers a pasha's threats with defiance and a plan to burn his own town.
- Kuczuk Pasha The whimsical Turkish ruler of Grosswardein, who bullies Debreczen and plots a secret ambush of its women.
- Countess Stephen Repey A fearless young countess who insists on traveling by night to a ball and treats every danger as an amusement.
- Józsi Fekete A famous robber chief, courteous and a superb dancer, who welcomes lost travelers to his own ball.
- Muhzin A grieving jeweler of Stambul who sets out for Mecca on the word of a vision and trusts the wrong friend.
- Bar Noemi A rich Tyrian sailor who will not bow to any idol, and who is cast adrift with his bride.
- Byssenia A merchant's daughter of Carthage who chooses to share her husband's danger and knows the secret of Hanno's voyage.
- Heinrich Klausner A pastor's son and doctor who is overlooked at the Starosta's court and nurses a dangerous ambition.
How it ends (spoiler)
Debreczen's women are saved by a hailstorm, and the Pasha hangs Badrul Beg. Józsi is hanged six months after the ball. In Caschau the Sheriff is burned on the carpenters' hornbeam. Ali Hojia is pounded in a mortar. Heinrich is sent to Siberia in the convict's place. Bar Noemi kills Triton, the continent sinks, and the Canary Islands remain. The skulls are clockwork. Simon Koppand avenges his brother and marries Siona.
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Вопросы о книге Сказания Йокаи
What is Tales from Jókai about?
It gathers nine stories by Mór Jókai, from a standoff between a Turkish pasha and the town of Debreczen to a robber's ball, a Turkish tale of justice, a ghost story and a voyage to a lost continent.
Who was Mór Jókai?
A Hungarian novelist born in 1825 who died in 1904. He wrote more than two hundred novels, edited newspapers, served in parliament and took part in the revolution of 1848. He is one of Hungary's best-loved storytellers.
How many stories are in Tales from Jókai?
There are nine. They include The Celestial Slingers, The Sheriff of Caschau, The Justice of Soliman, The Red Starosta, The City of the Beast, The Hostile Skulls and The Bad Old Times. Each tale stands on its own.
What is The City of the Beast about?
It follows Bar Noemi, a faithful sailor of Tyre, and his wife Byssenia as they drift from Carthage to a vast western continent. There they meet a city of idols, a monster god and a festival of pleasure.
Is Tales from Jókai worth reading today?
Its stories are brisk, full of humor and vivid scenes, with narrators who speak directly to the reader. You can enjoy them one at a time, and each offers a clear lesson about courage, pride or justice.
Как сослаться на это издание
Jókai, Mór. Tales From Jókai. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/tales-from-jokai.
Jókai, M. (2026). Tales from Jókai. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/tales-from-jokai
Jókai, Mór. Tales From Jókai. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/tales-from-jokai.
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