In which novel does Stanislaw Wokulski, a merchant, fall in love with the aristocrat Izabela Lecka?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. The Doll (Lalka) by Boleslaw Prus
- Step 1: Wokulski is a self-made trader in Warsaw in the 1870s. Step 2. He appears in The Doll, a major novel of Polish Positivism. Answer: The Doll by Boleslaw Prus. Why not the others: The other novels are by different authors and have different heroes.
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