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100 1 _aMolnár, Ferenc,
_d1878-1952
245 1 3 _aAz üvegcipő
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-12-15
508 _aAlbert László from page images generously made available by the Hungarian Electronic Library
520 _a"Az üvegcipő" by Ferenc Molnár is a comedic stage play written in the early 20th century. Set in Budapest’s Józsefváros, it spins a brisk, bittersweet tangle of affections around Irma, a lovestruck maid; her severe landlady Adél; the irascible older designer Sipos; and the preening young jeweler Császár, echoing a Cinderella motif amid boardinghouse bustle. The play weighs desire against respectability and class aspiration with rapid-fire dialogue, domestic routine, and sly romantic reversals. The opening of the play presents a cramped rented room where 19-year-old Irma fusses over lunch and secretly adores her “dear, angry” Sipos while minding a neighbor’s child and daydreaming. Adél storms in, scolding Irma for bathing in a rain barrel and for taking ribbon money from Császár; moments later Adél breaks with Császár and, panicking over her own infatuation with him, vows to marry Sipos for safety. After Sipos’s brusque entrance and ritual of being served, Irma’s adoration bursts into a tearful confession; then Adél presses Sipos to marry, triggering a bitter clash in which he first refuses, until Adél admits she loves Császár (claiming they have not acted on it), and Sipos confronts the younger man and forbids him from meddling with Irma. Exhausted, Sipos lies down, softening only toward Irma’s loyal care; the next act shifts to their wedding feast in the courtyard, with Adél in bridal dress, Sipos as groom, and Irma working the celebration as the household buzzes with coffee, wine, and small frictions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cBudapest: Franklin-Társulat, 1924
653 _aComedy plays
653 _aHungarian drama -- 20th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77462
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