with his father he is always the one that is right. Remaining characters: Teofil Różyc, Andrzejowa Korczyńska, Zygmunt Korczyński, Marta Korczyńska, Emilia Korczyńska, Bolesław Kirło, Maria Kirłowa, Justyna Orzelska, Jadwiga Domuntówna. Motifs appearing in the novel January uprising – introduced to the novel through the motif of a common mound of 40 insurgents situated in the middle of the forest. The area belongs to the Korczyński family. The insurgents are strongly idealised, there is no pondering of the rebels’ mistakes or questions concerning the peasantry’s attitude towards the uprising. Emilia Korczyńska, Teresa Pilińska, Bolesław Kirło, Ignacy Orzelski, Deneccy, Teofil Różyc are the people that have no interest in the tomb because they do not commemorate the memory of people who died there. Son of one of the insurgents, Zygmunt Korczyński, is even audacious enough to ridicule them during the conversation with his mother, declaring his father, Andrzej, to have been a madman to take part in the uprising. Misalliance – introduced to the work mainly through the legend of Jan and Cecylia . That particular misalliance was “blessed” by the national authority. The marriage of Jan and Justyna is the repetition of the mythical model. The third misalliance appearing in the book is the marriage of Witold and Marynia Kirło, the fourth – marriage of Andrzejowa Korczyńska and the last one – marriage of Ładyś Bohatyrowicz with a peasant woman. The lack of books in the novel. There are almost no books mentioned in the work, only Anzelm keeps three books: Pan Tadeusz, David's Psalter and Ogrody Północne. Those are copies that he received from Andrzej Korczyński a couple years earlier. Selection of those three titles has a great didactic function for the readers. Adaptations The novel has been adapted twice for film, in 1939 and again in 1986. The 1986 film led to a 1988 television miniseries. See also Polish literature Nad Niemnem (film) Notes and references Analysis of the book Polish novels 1888 novels 19th-century Polish novels