
A striking, single‑act drama opens with a speaker who steps onto the stage to present a woman not as a character but as an idea that has haunted European thought since the late nineteenth century. The narrator frames her as both a mirror and an instrument, a figure shaped by the era’s prevailing misogyny and the artistic attempts to dissect it. Through lyrical, almost sermon‑like language, the piece invites listeners to contemplate how cultural myths turn femininity into a source of both fascination and dread.
As the monologue unfolds, the voice wrestles with admiration, fear, and a yearning for connection, describing moments spent beside the woman on silent lake shores and in moonlit rooms. The tension between reverence and resistance builds a vivid portrait of a gendered archetype that feels simultaneously timeless and unsettling. Listeners are drawn into a rich, introspective meditation on love, power, and the lingering shadows of historic attitudes, all rendered in a poetic rhythm that feels as much a performance as a confession.
Language
hu
Duration
~1 hours (89K 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
2018-01-22
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1887–1938
Best known for his sharp humor and inventive style, this Hungarian writer moved easily between satire, fiction, journalism, and parody. His work ranges from playful literary spoofs to the dark, haunting novel Journey Round My Skull, drawn from his own experience of brain surgery.
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