The Strange Story of Rab Ráby

The Strange Story of Rab Ráby

The Strange Story of Rab RábyNow it is not because the double name of "Rab Rby" is...
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Author: Jókai, Mór,1825-1904
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Language: English
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The Strange Story of Rab Ráby

The Strange Story of Rab Ráby

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The Strange Story of Rab Ráby

Dhs. 50.44 Dhs. 25.21
Author: Jókai, Mór,1825-1904
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Strange Story of Rab Ráby

Now it is not because the double name of "Rab Rby" is merely a pretty bit of alliteration that the author chose it for the title of his story, but rather because the hero of it was, according to contemporary witnesses of his doings, named Rby, and in consequence of these same doings, earned the epithet "Rab" ("culprit"). How he deserved the appellation will be duly shown in what follows. A hundred years ago, there was no such thing as a lawyer, in the modern sense, in the city of Buda-Pesth. Attorneys indeed there were, of all sorts, but a lawyer who was at the public service was not to be found, and when a country cousin came to town, to look for someone who should "lie for money," he sought in vain. Why this demand for lawyers could not be supplied in Buda-Pesth a hundred years back may best be explained by briefly describing the two cities at that epoch. For two cities they really were, with their respective jurisdictions. The Austrian magistrate persistently called Pesth "Old Buda," and the Rascian city of Buda itself, "Pesth," but the Hungarians[Pg x] recognised "Pestinum Antiqua" as Pesth, and for them, Buda was "the new city." ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 36739
Author: Jókai, Mór
Release Date: Jul 15, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Translator: Reich, Emil, 1864-1934

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