Our de facto Warsaw correspondent Robert recently sent these photos relating to Lalka (The Doll) by Bolesław Prus, which we read in 2021, along with this commentary:
“No doubt most of you will remember when we read the classic book ‘Lalka’.
“This morning we came across the 2 carved information plaques in the attached photographs. Each one is about a main character from the book. Curiously, the text assumes that these fictional characters DID live in the premises with attached plaques.”
Wokulski is the main protagonist, who owns the shop in which Rzecki works – and while said shop plays a central role there’s a lot more to the book than shopkeeping.
So interesting, but there’s no plaque to Izabela, the woman Wokulski falls for
Perhaps Robert just hasn’t walked down the right street yet! It would be interesting to know if these are part of a trail across the areas of the city where the novel is set.