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SZERELEM
DUFLA POFON
KVITT
A ZÖRDÖG
JEGYZET.
In a cramped, newly furnished peasant bedroom the night after a hastily arranged wedding unfolds in chaotic, ribald banter. Feri, a rough‑spoken husband, drags his bewildered bride Mari into the dim light of an oil lamp, and their exchange erupts in curses, complaints about a stained wedding dress, and frantic attempts at intimacy. The dialogue crackles with earthy humor and raw frustration as two people are thrust together by tradition and circumstance.
Móricz captures the clash between desire and duty through vivid, regional speech that feels both timeless and sharply comic. Listeners are drawn into the cramped setting, hearing the clatter of furniture, the staccato arguments, and even a sudden, unsettling chorus that hints at deeper superstitions. The one‑act play offers a snapshot of rural life where love is tangled with poverty, pride, and the relentless pressure of community expectations, making it a lively, often laugh‑inducing portrait of early twentieth‑century Hungary.
Full title
Szerelem (1. kötet) : Móricz Zsigmond egyfelvonásosai Móricz Zsigmond egyfelvonásosai
Language
hu
Duration
~46 minutes (45K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Albert László from page images generously made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library
Release date
Nov 29, 2021
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1879–1942
Best known for bringing the lives of ordinary Hungarians into sharp, vivid focus, this major 20th-century novelist wrote with sympathy, realism, and a strong feel for village and small-town life. His stories and novels range from childhood and family tensions to the pressures of social change.
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