Barbara Jeziorkowska
fictional character
Barbara (Baśka) Jeziorkowska (later Wołodyjowska) is a fictional character of the novel Fire in the Steppe by Henryk Sienkiewicz. She is the main female protagonist, an orphan who marries Michał Wołodyjowski.
In Jerzy Hoffman's 1969 film adaptation, Barbara is portrayed by Magdalena Zawadzka.
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Date of Barbara Jeziorkowska's birth is unknown. At the beginning of the novel she was probably about 18 years old. Barbara was an orphan in the care of stolnik Makowiecki, Michał Wołodyjowski's brother-in-law. In 1668 she arrived (together with Krystyna Drohojowska) to Warsaw and stopped in Ketling's house. She met Michał Wołodyjowski then and fell in love with him. Although Zagłoba tried to arrange their marriage, Wołodyjowski soon proposed to Krystyna. The girl, however, was in love with his friend, Ketling.
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