Excerpt from Memories and Impressions of Helena Modjeska: An Autobiography
The car comes to a stop. After several years of absence I am in Poland again. The sun sheds upon the snow myriads of sparks, which glisten like so many precious gems a purple strip of mist rises above the distant forest of dark, pointed pines, which form a background to white, humble huts, throbbing with lives of patience and toil, under the iron hand of the ruler. I f...
Excerpt from Memories and Impressions of Helena Modjeska: An Autobiography
The car comes to a stop. After several years of absence I am in Poland again. The sun sheds upon the snow myriads of sparks, which glisten like so many precious gems a purple strip of mist rises above the distant forest of dark, pointed pines, which form a background to white, humble huts, throbbing with lives of patience and toil, under the iron hand of the ruler. I f...
MEMORIES and IMPRESSIONS by HELENA MODJESKA, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Originally published in 1910. LIST OF PLATES Madame Modjeska as Portia 1891 Frontispiece FAOlifG PAGE Madame Modjeska as Ophelia 1871 64 Madame Modjeska as Adrieniie Lecouvreur ..... 158 Madame Modjeska Photograph . . . . . . . .168 Madame Modjeska as Marie Stuart ....... 198 Madame Modjeska Photograph by Steckel ... , . 290 Madame Modjeska as Sappho Photograph by Sarony . . . 352 ...
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