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TheDollisanadaptationofthenovel,TheDoll(novel)byBolesławPrus,whichisregardedbymanyasoneofthefinestPolishnovelseverwrittenand,alongwithPharaoh(novel),madeBolesławPrusapotentialcandidatefortheNobelPrizeinliterature.TheinfluenceofÉmileZolaisevident,andsomehavecomparedthenoveltoMadameBovarybyGustaveFlaubert;bothwerePrus'scontemporaries.Themovie,however,maybemorecomparedtoStendhal'sLeRougeetleNoir,(TheRedandtheBlack).TheDollconstitutesapanoramaoflifeinWarsawbetween1878and1879,andatthesametimeisasubtlestoryofthreegenerationsofPolishidealists,theirpsychologicalcomplications,theirinvolvementinthehistoryofthenineteenthcentury,socialdramas,moralproblemsandtheexperienceoftragicexistence.Atthesametimethisstorydescribesthedisintegrationofsocialrelationshipsandthegrowingseparationofasocietywhosearistocraticelitespreadsthemodelsofvanityandidleness.Inthebadairofabackwardcountry,anti-Semiticideasareborn,valuableindividualsmeetobstaclesontheirway,andscoundrelsaresuccessful.Thispoeticlovestoryfollowsanouveaurichemerchant,StanislawWokulski,throughaseriesoftrialsandtribulationsoccasionedbyhisobsessivepassionforanaristocraticbeauty,IzabelaLecka,playedbythefamousPolishactress,BeataTyszkiewicz.PlotAsadescendantofanimpoverishedPolishnoblefamily,youngWokulskiisforcedtoworkasawaiteratHopfer's,aWarsawrestaurant,whiledreamingofalifeinscience.Aftertakingpartinthefailed1863UprisingagainstTsaristRussia,heissentencedtoexileinSiberia.OneventualreturntoWarsaw,hebecomesasalesmanatMincel'shaberdashery.Marryingthelateowner'swidow(whoeventuallydies),hecomesintomoneyandusesittosetupapartnershipwithaRussianmerchanthehadmetwhileinexile.ThetwomerchantsgotoBulgariaduringtheRusso-TurkishWarof1877-78,andWokulskimakesafortunesupplyingtheRussianArmy.TheenterprisingWokulskinowprovesaromanticatheart,fallinginlovewithIzabela,daughterofthevacuous,bankruptaristocrat,TomaszŁęcki.InhisquesttowinIzabela,Wokulskibeginsfrequentingtheatresandaristocraticsalons;andtohelpherfinanciallydistressedfather,foundsacompanyandsetsthearistocratsupasshareholdersinhisbusiness.Theindolenceofthesearistocrats,whosecurewiththeirpensions,aretoolazytoundertakenewbusinessrisks,frustratesWokulski.Hisabilitytomakemoneyisrespectedbuthislackoffamilyandsocialrankiscondescendedto.Becauseofhishelp(insecret)toIzabela'simpecuniousbutinfluentialfather,thegirlbecomesawareofhisaffection.Intheendsheconsentstoaccepthim,butwithouttruedevotionorlove.(wikipedia)