Szegedi parasztok és egyéb urak by István Tömörkény
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Szegedi parasztok és egyéb urak by István Tömörkény is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The volume sketches the everyday life of the Great Hungarian Plain around Szeged, focusing on peasants, soldiers, and small-town figures in scenes that mix rough humor with stark realism. Recurring characters, such as the crafty farmer Förgeteg János and various shepherds, anchor these portraits of custom, pride, and survival. The opening of
the collection moves from a bleak winter tavern scene—where a simmering feud between shepherds and a csikós erupts into a fatal brawl and a grim cover‑up—to a run of comic, closely observed village episodes. Förgeteg János is pressed into public labor on a dyke but stalls with endless, knowing delays; later he and his neighbors conduct a ceremonious, nitpicking suba purchase that collapses in haggling and taste (tulipán vs. rózsa). A farmer, Jegenye András, goes to town for a new pocketknife, testing blades with sparks, clicks, and hair-slicing before bargaining hard and leaving his old knife for repair. A planned boot-buying trip with a brother‑in‑law turns into a performance of buyer’s pride and price‑beating that ends with a practical turn: buying the wife new shoes instead. Finally, Förgeteg visits a bookbinder to cover a much‑loved “clever” book, bridles at the quoted price, and blusters; the scene breaks off mid‑squabble. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Tömörkény, István, 1866-1917 |
|---|---|
| Title | Szegedi parasztok és egyéb urak |
| Original Publication | Szeged: Bába Sándor, 1893. |
| Contents | Megöltek egy legényt -- Förgeteg János, mint közerő -- Subavásár -- Bicskavásárlás -- Alku -- Förgeteg a kompaktornál -- Terefere a csárdában -- Az okok -- Délebéd -- Tanyák a hó alatt -- A vacsorakérdés -- Infanterist Csupak -- Temetés -- Egy vidám katonáról -- Omar -- Sejdítés -- Káplár Papp -- Harangszó -- Ruszand -- Ködben -- Történet a Gomb familiáról -- Az erdősi állomásról -- Macskatörténet -- Egy adag morfium. |
| Credits | Albert László from page images generously made available by the SZTE Miscellanea |
| Language | Hungarian |
| LoC Class | PH: Language and Literatures: Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures |
| Subject | Short stories, Hungarian |
| Subject | Hungarian fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77654 |
| Release Date | Jan 9, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 298 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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