8 hrs 41 mins | BIOGRAPHY and AUTOBIOGRAPHY | Cultural, Ethnic and RegionalIPPY (Independent Publishers) 2021 award-winning Best European Non-Fiction. An unforgettable literary masterpiece written over 200 years ago by a remarkable woman during the struggle and fall of Europe's first attempt at a constitutional democracy. A coming-of-age story, love drama, and historical saga all in one, it reads more like a novel than an authentic memoir. Despite its epoch, the highs and lows of Countess Anna's journey reverberate with timeless issues that still affect us all today. This courageous young woman wrote down extraordinarily visceral details of the horrendous experiences...
IPPY (Independent Publishers) 2021 award-winning Best European Non-Fiction. An unforgettable literary masterpiece written over 200 years ago by a remarkable woman during the struggle and fall of Europe's first attempt at a constitutional democracy. A coming-of-age story, love drama, and historical saga all in one, it reads more like a novel than an authentic memoir. Despite its epoch, the highs and lows of Countess Anna's journey reverberate with timeless issues that still affect us all today. This courageous young woman wrote down extraordinarily visceral details of the horrendous experiences she was living through between 1791 and 1795 -- fires, blizzards, near-starvation, bloody battles between nations, and savage bodily assaults. Nevertheless, she miraculously retained her poetic sensitivity and hopefulness, never succumbing to bitterness or resignation.
Translated from mainly Polish over 60 years ago, this book contains unique descriptions of the lifestyle of an unknown peasant clan who rescued and revived Anna after a murderous carriage attack; graphic accounts of childbirth and healing practices; ghastly war scenes; candid comments on women's suppression and social class inequalities; poignant confessions of conflicts between love and duty; and explicitly sexual passages that Anna copied from the memoirs of her lascivious cousin Sophia. This Diary has never heretofore been published in its authenticity. Its present availability finally fulfills Countess Anna Berezowska's profound wish to share her experiences and insights with the world.
| # | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. Opening Credits Iris Hart |
0 mins 19 secs |
| 2. | 2. Introduction Iris Hart |
1 mins 18 secs |
| 3. | Orphaned |
4 mins 32 secs |
| 4. | My New Life |
2 mins 33 secs |
| 5. | Infatuation and Foreboding |
6 mins 29 secs |
| 6. | Romantic Love and Proposal |
15 mins 57 secs |
| 7. | A Fateful Accident |
9 mins 27 secs |
| 8. | Rape in the Forest |
6 mins 00 secs |
| 9. | Confronting Eternity |
3 mins 22 secs |
| 10. | Road to Recovery |
5 mins 04 secs |
| 11. | Spying on the Servants |
5 mins 48 secs |
| 12. | Intrigues |
15 mins 47 secs |
| 13. | An Unexpected Visitor |
16 mins 30 secs |
| 14. | The Arranged Marriage |
7 mins 16 secs |
| 15. | Sophia's Diary |
8 mins 50 secs |
| 16. | Mania |
2 mins 19 secs |
| 17. | Political Rumors at Commoners' Wedding |
8 mins 30 secs |
| 18. | Shifting Allegiances |
5 mins 34 secs |
| 19. | Soiree at the Royal Palace |
19 mins 09 secs |
| 20. | Who Really Is the Father? |
3 mins 34 secs |
| 21. | Love Rekindled |
3 mins 35 secs |
| 22. | Conversation with the Count |
6 mins 41 secs |
| 23. | Precautions in Case of Death |
2 mins 16 secs |
| 24. | Fatal Carriage Journey |
27 mins 14 secs |
| 25. | Rescue |
7 mins 30 secs |
| 26. | Life amid a Peasant Clan |
29 mins 46 secs |
| 27. | The Cordial Trzebinskis |
11 mins 48 secs |
| 28. | In Praga, a Suburb of Warsaw |
7 mins 22 secs |
| 29. | Preparations for Childbirth |
3 mins 49 secs |
| 30. | A Wondrous Babe |
6 mins 13 secs |
| 31. | Freedom in Thoughts and Finances |
5 mins 19 secs |
| 32. | Recoiling from Diabolical Orgies |
11 mins 28 secs |
| 33. | Third of May Merrymaking |
9 mins 35 secs |
| 34. | Crucial News |
3 mins 58 secs |
| 35. | Very Many Handsome People |
17 mins 11 secs |
| 36. | Rumblings of a Russian Invasion |
12 mins 48 secs |
| 37. | Sophia's Account of the Emerald Stickpin |
10 mins 45 secs |
| 38. | We are the Nobility |
12 mins 14 secs |
| 39. | Sophia's Plans and Intentions |
3 mins 34 secs |
| 40. | At the Gronsky Summer Home in Halicz |
8 mins 30 secs |
| 41. | Refuge at the Stelnicki Estate |
14 mins 13 secs |
| 42. | Imprisonment |
27 mins 55 secs |
| 43. | Hiding from the Enemy |
6 mins 47 secs |
| 44. | Trapped Under a Burning Building |
12 mins 12 secs |
| 45. | Freed from Constraining Underclothes |
2 mins 46 secs |
| 46. | Deadly Violence, Looting, Escape |
11 mins 23 secs |
| 47. | Ghost on the Road |
6 mins 03 secs |
| 48. | Chants of Mourning |
6 mins 41 secs |
| 49. | Honorable Countess |
10 mins 35 secs |
| 50. | To Build a Pleasure Mansion |
17 mins 50 secs |
| 51. | Messages to a Glass Doll |
4 mins 59 secs |
| 52. | A Prize Fish for the Master's Plate |
7 mins 48 secs |
| 53. | What Meaning has a Title? |
3 mins 44 secs |
| 54. | Hellhole of Sacrilegious Merriment |
7 mins 06 secs |
| 55. | Escape Across the Burning Bridge |
23 mins 09 secs |
| 56. | Message from the Free City of Krakow |
4 mins 03 secs |
| 57. | Closing Iris Hart |
0 mins 05 secs |
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