# Besztercze ostroma

By Kálmán Mikszáth.

"Besztercze ostroma" by Kálmán Mikszáth is a novel first published in 1894. Count Pongrácz István lives as a medieval warlord in 19th-century Hungary, maintaining his own army and ruling by ancient customs. When his purchased "lady" Estella escapes with a former servant, the eccentric count prepares to besiege the city harboring them. Meanwhile, orphaned Apolka becomes entangled in family disputes and eventually arrives at Nedec Castle as a hostage, where her presence unexpectedly transforms the count's strange world and threatens his singular devotion to the past. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: Hungarian
- Subjects: Hungarian fiction -- 19th century; Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction; Nobility -- Hungary -- Fiction

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