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Saturnin (novel)
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Wikipedia article
'Saturnin' is a 1942 humorous novel by Zdenk Jirotka, with characters such as the dangerous servant Saturnin, the annoying Aunt Kateina and her son Milou, Uncle Frantiek, Doctor Vlach, and the narrator's grandfather.
The book is probably the best work of Zdenk Jirotka. This novel is strongly inspired by work of English authors, esp. Jerome K. Jerome and by novels and short stories by English writer P. G. Wodehouse which features the character of the servant Jeeves. It has been translated into English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian, Estonian, Latvian, Turkish and Polish. Foreign-language versions are issued by Charles University's publisher Karolinum.
Film, television, and theatrical adaptations
The basic storyline of this novel has been filmed as 'Saturnin', which was then split into a 4-part series and broadcast on Czech television. The servant Saturnin was played by Oldich Vzner.
In 2017, Miroslav Macek wrote a sequel to 'Saturnin', called 'Saturnin se vrac' ('Saturnin Returns').
Characters
* 'Saturnin' - a servant with a bold sense of humor
* 'Narrator' - in the book without name, in the film the Narrator is called Ji Oulick
* 'Aunt Kateina' - she is a negative figure in novel, she uses proverbs too often
* 'Grandpa' - an old rich man
* 'Miss Barbora Terebov' - a sweet modern woman
* 'Doctor Vlach' - a man with a rather harsh sense of humor
* 'Milou' - a boorish wastrel
* 'Uncle Frantiek' - he is already dead at the time of the storyline
Analysis
*Sehnalov, Kamila. 2013. 'Comparative Analysis of Czech, English and German Proverbs in Jirotka's Saturnin.' BA thesis, Charles University, Prague. [https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/zzp/detail/131939/?lang=en Link to thesis]
References
External links in Czech
* [http://meteleskublesku.cz/?movie=46 Gallery and basics about the movie]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061103143404/http://filmovezvuky.fdb.cz/saturnin/ Quotes and records from the movie]
Category:1942 novels
Category:Czech novels adapted into films
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