Project Gutenberg 2025-05-24 Public domain in the USA. 159 Molnár, Ferenc 1878 1952 Molnar, Ferenc Neumann, Ferenc Molnár, Ferencz Molnar, Franz Molnàr, Francesco Toll : $b Rövid igaz történetek, megjegyzések, feljegyzések, kuriózumok gyüjteménye $aBudapest :$bFranklin-Társulat, $c1928. Albert László from page images generously made available by the Hungarian Electronic Library "Toll : Rövid igaz történetek, megjegyzések, feljegyzések, kuriózumok…." by Molnár Ferenc is a collection of autobiographical sketches and anecdotes written in the early 20th century. The pieces form a witty, humane notebook of brief memories, curiosities, and theatrical observations that move between urban life, the stage, and private coincidence. It likely appeals to readers who enjoy light yet poignant miniatures, where humor, irony, and tenderness sit side by side. The opening of this collection declares its method: a light, unsystematic sweep of memories—“feathers” gathered to make a pillow—offering rest rather than argument. Molnár then strings together sharply etched vignettes: living opposite a fire station, he meditates on how perfect safety tempts fate; a Karlsbad hotel scene skewers social ostentation; and a gambler “passes” a neurological test by reading cues like roulette. He recalls kissing Jókai’s hand and records Podmaniczky Frigyes’s urbane complaint about flies in soup, then shifts to a masked night police raid where chance confronts a newly dismissed cook, exposing life’s puppet‑show ironies. Theatre and city recur as stages—an embroidery migrating between box office and prompter signals a play’s fortunes; props speak; and a brisk “dramaturgy” imagines spectatorship as a refined punishment. Other sketches weigh counterfeit luck, a cruel postal prank, reputation and discretion, a rebuke to corpse‑worship, language learning, types of false “heart,” and a child’s generous grievance, before a moonlit boat ride leads into a cautionary Paris tale. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20250522075653molnr 1928 hu Reading ease score: 67.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. hu Hungarian literature PH Text Category: Humour Category: Biographies Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches 248645 2025-07-30T06:56:20.414568 text/html 228597 2025-05-24T07:17:36 text/html 230972 2025-07-30T06:56:27.555538 application/epub+zip 231986 2025-07-30T06:56:22.396593 application/epub+zip 231986 2025-07-30T06:56:21.164550 application/epub+zip 321014 2025-07-30T06:56:31.573518 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 266126 2025-07-30T06:56:26.683567 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223044 2025-07-30T06:56:19.737584 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 203223 2025-05-24T07:17:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14181 2025-07-30T06:56:31.730499 application/rdf+xml 8462 2025-07-30T06:56:21.760553 image/jpeg 2203 2025-07-30T06:56:21.461589 image/jpeg 162171 2025-07-30T06:56:20.436568 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog hu.wikipedia en.wikipedia