
SZOMORU NAPOK
I. A HALÁLMADÁR.
II. A HÓHÉR CSALÁDJA.
III. GYERMEK-GONOSZTÉVŐ.
IV. ISTEN LÁTOGATÁSAI.
V. A NEM SZERETETT FIU.
VI. KÉT FAMOSUS NÉPNEVELŐ.
VII. A VAS-EMBER.
VIII. A LENGYEL NŐ.
IX. A MIRIGY.
A haunting, lyrical tale opens amid the desolate fields of a forgotten Hungarian village, where the very walls seem to whisper of death. The narrator’s voice drifts through riddles of a “death‑bird” that circles the night sky, while three long‑abandoned houses stand as mute witnesses to a past that refuses to die. In the smallest of these, an enigmatic old woman named Magdolna once lived, her life shrouded in rumor and superstition, her presence still felt in the rustle of wind‑blown reeds and the eerie silence that follows her steps.
As the story unfolds, a lone traveler wanders the cracked paths between the empty homes, drawn into the village’s uncanny atmosphere. He encounters whispered prophecies, restless spirits, and the lingering dread that pervades every shuttered window. The novel weaves folklore and psychological tension, inviting listeners to linger in a world where the line between the living and the unseen grows ever thinner.
Language
hu
Duration
~6 hours (368K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Albert László from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project
Release date
2020-03-19
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1825–1904
A towering figure in 19th-century Hungarian literature, he wrote sweeping, adventurous novels and plays that made him one of his country’s most beloved storytellers. His life was just as dramatic as his fiction, shaped by politics, journalism, and the revolutionary spirit of 1848.
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