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Francis de Sales Lewental

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200: 177:. Though he avoided politics he did not succeed in escaping a conflict with the Russian government; he was arrested in 1900, was compelled to discontinue all his publications, and was sentenced to deportation for three years to 157: 59: 283: 43: 71: 70:, an illustrated weekly, which in the next year became his exclusive property. Under Lewental's management and under the editorship of 181:. After a year there he obtained a passport for foreign travel. Lewental enjoyed the friendship of many literati, among them being 105:. In 1871, also, he issued an edition of the works of Korzeniowski (better-known in the English-speaking world as the father of 278: 85:
became the most widely circulated illustrated weekly in Poland, and contributed in no small measure to the popularizing of
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under the title "Biblioteka Najcelniejszych Utworow Literatury Europejskiej." They were edited with the greatest care by
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and many other well-known works were issued from his press. In 1887 Lewental became one of the proprietors of the
76: 162: 38:. In 1862 Lewental, the son of poor Jewish parents, bought with his accumulated savings the press of the 236: 223: 182: 110: 57:, a popular almanac, which he continued until 1866. In 1865, in conjunction with others, he founded 130: 64: 214: 258: 253: 48: 8: 149: 142: 138: 173: 153: 126: 134: 122: 102: 118: 109:), which proved so popular that it led later to similar editions of the works of 24: 114: 209: 20: 247: 204: 106: 89:
and to the development of Polish wood engraving. In 1871 Lewental bought the
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In 1874 Lewental commenced the publication of the best productions of
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he offered to furnish the bail required by the Prussian government.
97:(discontinued in 1900). Lewental was the proprietor also of the 178: 39: 32: 93:, a home magazine, and transformed it into the popular 245: 284:Publishers (people) from the Russian Empire 208: 53:(died 1859), and began his career with the 185:, for whose release from imprisonment at 246: 13: 14: 295: 212:; et al., eds. (1901–1906). 218:. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 198: 1: 192: 101:, edited for a few years by 95:Tygodnik Romansów i Powieści 7: 279:People from Congress Poland 10: 300: 274:Polish publishers (people) 17:Francis de Sales Lewental 264:19th-century Polish Jews 215:The Jewish Encyclopedia 27:– 24 September 1902 at 269:People from Włocławek 158:Stanisław Krzemiński 156:and, after him, by 150:European literature 169:John Matejko Album 231:Missing or empty 224:cite encyclopedia 174:Kurier Warszawski 154:Piotr Chmielowski 291: 240: 234: 229: 227: 219: 202: 201: 183:J. I. Kraszewski 166: 135:Eliza Orzeszkowa 103:Maria Konopnicka 80: 68: 55:Kalendarz Ludowy 52: 299: 298: 294: 293: 292: 290: 289: 288: 244: 243: 232: 230: 221: 220: 210:Singer, Isidore 199: 195: 160: 74: 62: 46: 31:) was a Polish 25:Congress Poland 12: 11: 5: 297: 287: 286: 281: 276: 271: 266: 261: 256: 242: 241: 194: 191: 44:Jan Glücksberg 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 296: 285: 282: 280: 277: 275: 272: 270: 267: 265: 262: 260: 257: 255: 252: 251: 249: 238: 225: 217: 216: 211: 206: 205:public domain 197: 196: 190: 188: 184: 180: 176: 175: 170: 164: 159: 155: 151: 146: 144: 140: 136: 132: 128: 124: 120: 116: 112: 108: 107:Joseph Conrad 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 78: 73: 69: 66: 61: 56: 50: 45: 41: 37: 34: 30: 26: 22: 18: 233:|title= 213: 172: 168: 147: 98: 94: 91:Kółko Domowe 90: 82: 58: 54: 16: 15: 259:1902 deaths 254:1839 births 161: [ 75: [ 63: [ 47: [ 248:Categories 193:References 139:Kaczkowski 111:Kraszewski 87:Polish art 42:publisher 187:Magdeburg 131:Syrokomla 72:Adam Plug 36:publisher 29:Wiesbaden 21:Włocławek 19:(1839 in 119:Rzewuski 207::  145:, etc. 143:Bałucki 123:Skarbek 179:Odessa 167:. The 127:Fredro 115:Kremer 40:Warsaw 33:Jewish 165:] 83:Kłosy 79:] 67:] 60:Kłosy 51:] 237:help 99:Świt 250:: 228:: 226:}} 222:{{ 163:pl 141:, 137:, 133:, 129:, 125:, 121:, 117:, 113:, 81:, 77:pl 65:pl 49:pl 23:, 239:) 235:(

Index

Włocławek
Congress Poland
Wiesbaden
Jewish
publisher
Warsaw
Jan Glücksberg
pl
Kłosy
pl
Adam Plug
pl
Polish art
Maria Konopnicka
Joseph Conrad
Kraszewski
Kremer
Rzewuski
Skarbek
Fredro
Syrokomla
Eliza Orzeszkowa
Kaczkowski
Bałucki
European literature
Piotr Chmielowski
Stanisław Krzemiński
pl
Kurier Warszawski
Odessa

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