# So Runs the World Author: Sienkiewicz, Henryk, 1846-1916; Soissons, Count de, 1860- [Translator] Genre: Category: Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10546 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=So+Runs+the+World+Sienkiewicz&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Leon (alone).--I cannot overcome my emotion nor can I tranquillize the throbbing of my heart. Three times have I touched the bell and three times have I wished to retreat. I am troubled. Why does she wish to see me! (Takes out a letter). "Be so kind as to come to see me on a very important matter. In spite of all that has happened I hope you will not refuse to grant the request of--a woman. Jadwiga Karlowiecka." Perhaps it would have been better and more honest to have left this letter without an answer. But I see that I have cheated myself in thinking that nothing will happen, and that it would be brutal of me not to come. The soul--poor moth--flies toward the light which may burn, but c... ## Chapters - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 46](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/46/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 39](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/39/index.md) - [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 43](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/43/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 37](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/37/index.md) - [Chapter 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/34/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/30/index.md) - [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/29/index.md) - [Chapter 44](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/44/index.md) - [Chapter 47](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/47/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 40](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/40/index.md) - [Chapter 45](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/45/index.md) - [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/33/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 49](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/49/index.md) - [Chapter 35](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/35/index.md) - [Chapter 41](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/41/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 36](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/36/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 48](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/48/index.md) - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/28/index.md) - [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/31/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 42](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/42/index.md) - [Chapter 50](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/50/index.md) - [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/32/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 38](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/38/index.md) - [Chapter 51](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/51/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/so-runs-the-world-10546/chapters/18/index.md)