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The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom

1776 novel by Ignacy Krasicki

Field	Value
name	The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Empiricus
title_orig	Mikołaja Doświadczyńskiego przypadki
image	Mikol. Doswiadczynskiego przypadki 1776 (1392829) (cropped).jpg
author	Ignacy Krasicki
country	Poland
language	Polish
genre	Novel
release_date	1776
media_type	Print (Hardback)

The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom (; in English, more accurately, The Adventures of Nicholas Empiricus), written in Polish in 1776 by Ignacy Krasicki, is the first novel composed in the Polish language, and a milestone in Polish literature.

Plot

Krasicki's novel is the tale of Nicholas Experience (Mikołaj Doświadczyński), a Polish nobleman. During sojourns in Warsaw, Paris, and the fictional island of Nipu (a utopian society), the protagonist gathers numerous experiences that lead him to a rationalist outlook and teach him how to become a good man, and thus a good citizen.

This rationalist outlook, often emphasized in Krasicki's writings, constitutes an apologia for the Enlightenment and physiocratism. The Adventures of Nicholas Experience offers a portrayal both of the 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and of the broader European culture of the time.

References

"Ignacy Krasicki". Univ.gda.pl.
Bartoszyńska, Katarzyna. "[http://repository.bilkent.edu.tr/bitstream/handle/11693/38341/Persuasive%20ironies%20Utopian%20readings%20of%20swift%20and%20krasicki.pdf?sequence=1 Persuasive ironies: utopian readings of Swift and Krasicki.]" Comparative Literature Studies 50.4 (2013): 618-642.

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