"Without dogma's" narrative concentrates around the experiences of Leon Płoszowski, a man from a wealthy aristocrat family, who struggles to find the meaning of life in a world without morality by trying to self-analyze his feelings towards the encountered women.
The story of "Whirlpools" deals exclusively with conditions of modern life in Poland. It is full of brilliant dialogue and keen dissection of human motives.
Children of the Soil's plot centers itself in the career of Pan Stanislas Polanyetski, a man of wealth and education, who at the age of thirty "wanted to marry, and was convinced that he ought to marry."

Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz, also known by the pseudonym "Litwos", (1846 – 1916) was a Polish journalist, novelist and Nobel Prize laureate. He is best remembered for his historical novels, especially for his internationally known best-seller Quo Vadis.