The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom
Author	Ignacy Krasicki
Original title	Mikołaja Doświadczyńskiego przypadki
Country	Poland
Language	Polish
Genre(s)	Novel
Publication date	1776
Media type	Print (Hardback)
ISBN	NA

The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom (Polish: Mikołaja Doświadczyńskiego przypadki), written in Polish in 1776 by Ignacy Krasicki, is the first novel written in the Polish language, and one of the milestones of Polish literature.[1]

[edit] Plot introduction

The novel is a tale of a certain Nicholas Wisdom (Mikołaj Doświadczyński), a Polish noble. Throughout his life in Warsaw, Paris and fictional Nipu island (actually Japan by original name Nippon) he gathers numerous experiences that lead him to rationalism. His life teaches him how to become a good man thus becoming a good citizen. Such a view, often underlined by Krasicki in his works, was an apology of the Age of Enlightenment and the idea of physiocratism. The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom provides an interesting portrait both of the 18th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth society and the broader problems of the broader European culture.

[edit] References

• The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom, Northwestern University Press, 1992, 148 pp., ISBN 0-8101-1014-8

[edit] External links

• Polish ebook
• Short review of an English translation

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