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100 1 _aHerczeg, Ferenc,
_d1863-1954
245 1 0 _aSzabolcs házassága
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-12-29
508 _aAlbert László from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project
520 _a"Szabolcs házassága" by Ferenc Herczeg is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows a calculated alliance between a cash-strapped aristocrat, Szabolcs Sándor, and wealthy heiress Forgács Malvin, with Count Bakó as a shrewd friend who both smooths and complicates their path. Set among salons, estates, and elite gatherings, the story examines class, money, attraction, and reputation in a modernizing Hungarian society. The opening of the novel moves from a casino billiard-room dare—where Szabolcs and his cousin Bakó decide to attend the bourgeois Forgács family’s soirée—into a deft portrait of characters and motives: Szabolcs’s charm and precarious finances, Bakó’s solid wealth and cool pragmatism, and Malvin’s striking allure under her father’s worship of the illustrious Szabolcs name. After winter hesitation, a costly spring on the turf pushes Szabolcs to courtship and a swift engagement; a quiet wedding and seaside trip follow, while the shrewd Forgács buys the ancestral estate for Malvin. A year and a half later at Szabolcsfalva, marital disillusion surfaces during tense rides and a blunt exchange about money and expectations. Bakó arrives, becomes an amiable ally, flatters Malvin’s beauty, and leverages his standing to pull her into higher circles. He secures an invitation to the Borovszki hunt ball, where Leticia the princess takes notice, and Malvin’s social ascent begins amid waltzes, introductions, and the gróf’s needling commentary. The section closes as the princess monopolizes Szabolcs’s escort and the night’s play of status, desire, and appearances intensifies. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cBudapest: Singer és Wolfner, 1902
653 _aHungarian fiction -- 19th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77564
999 _c118284
_d118284