SIENKIEWICZ Henryk - Without Dogma [first edition 1891].

Warsaw 1891, published by "Słowa". 12x18 cm, pp. (4), 320, (4), 356, (4), 355 [set of 3 volumes], contemporary half-leather bookbinding, retained booklet covers. Very good condition (rusty soiling of pages).

First edition (fourth thousand) of Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel of manners, in which the author departed from historical themes to show the life of a man at the end of the 19th century devoid of fixed principles and purpose in life. The work is psychological in nature - the romance plot here serves primarily to present the experiences and reflections of the protagonist, Leon Płoszowski. Sienkiewicz wanted to show a skeptical, sophisticated and morally uncertain man. The book provoked discussions and accusations of amorality.