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Mr Jkai also known as Maurus Jokai was a Hungarian dramatist andnovelist. He originally studied law and became an advocate in what is nowBudapest. Encouraged by the reception of his first play The Jewish Boy heturned to writing producing Working Days and becoming editor of letkpekthe leading Hungarian literary journal. Following a revolution and thedeposition of the Hapsburg dynasty he became a political suspect. He spent thenext fourteen years reviving the Magyar language producing thirty romances andnumerous other works. After the reestablishment of the Hungarian Constitutionhe sat in parliament for twenty years founded and edited the government organHon and was later elevated to the upper house by the king. A HungarianNabob considered by Jokai to be his best work is a richly colored picture ofaristocratic life full of vivid bustling scenes various native charactersand humorous and dramatic incidents. The Nabob figure is a Hungarian potentateof vast estates who lives amidst a crowd of retainers wassailing companionswomen gamblers fools and gypsies. The plot relates to the intrigues of hisdissolute heir and his marriage with a young girl which serves to baffle them. «
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