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The works and translations of Karel Capek

   I am sorry that there are so few book summaries on this website, but I don't have enough time to write them.
   Furthemore I would like to apologize for the translation of the titles. Some of them are "unofficial" as I don't know the official translation.

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Chronological order:
1916 The Luminous Depths and Other Prose (Zarive hlubiny a jine prozy) with brother Josef
1917 The Wayside Crosses (Bozi Muka)
1918 Pragmatism - The Philosophy of The Practical Life (Pragmatismus cili Filosofie praktickeho zivota)
The Garden of Krakonos (Krakonosova zahrada) with brother Josef
1919 translation: G. Apollinaire Thread
1920 The Outlaw (Loupeznik)
A Critique of Words (Kritika slov)
RUR - Rossum's Universal Robots
1921 Painful Stories (Trapne povidky)
The Insect Play (ze zivota hmyzu) along with brother Josef
1922 The Fateful Game of Love (Lasky hra osudna) with brother Josef
The Absolute at Large (Tovarna na absolutno)
The Makropulos Secret (Vec Makropulos)
translation: Moliere Sganarelle with the translator O. Fischer
1923 Letters from Italy (Italske listy)
1924 Krakatit
Letters from England (Anglicke listy)
1925 How a Theater Play Comes About and The Guide to The Back Stage (Jak vznika divadelni hra aneb pruvodce po zakulisi) 1 chapter from Josef
Intimate Things (O nejblizsich vecech)
1927 Adam the Creator (Adam Stovritel) along with bother Josef
The Scandalous Affair of Josef Holousek (Skandalni afera Josefa Holouska)
1928 President Masaryk Tells His Story part 1: The Age of Youth (Hovory s T.G.M.: cast prvni Vek mladosti)
1929 Tales From One Pocket (Povidky z jedne kapsy)
Tales From The Other Pocket (Povidky z druhe kapsy)
The Gardener's Year (Zahradnikuv rok)
1930 Letters from Spain (Vylet do Spanel)
1931 President Masaryk Tells His Story part 2: Life and Work(Hovory s T.G.M.: cast druha Zivot a prace)
In Praise of Newspapers (Marsyas aneb na okraji sveta literatury)
1932 Fairy Tales(Devatero pohadek)
Letters from Holland (Obrazky z Holandska)
The Apocryphal Stories (Apokryfy)
On Political Matters or Zoon Politikon (O vecech obecnych cili Zoon politikon)
1933 Dasenka: The Life of a Puppy (Dasenka cili zivot stenete)
Hordubal
1934 Povetron
An Ordinary Life (Obycejny zivot)
1935 President Masaryk Tells His Story part 3: Thinking and Life (Hovory s T.G.M.: cast treti Mysleni a zivot)
Being silent with T. G. Masaryk (Mlceni s T.G.M.)
1936 The War With The Newts (Valka s mloky)
Travels in the North (Cesta na Sever)
translation of French Poetry
1937 The White Plague (Bila nemoc)
How The Newspaper Is Made (Jak se delaji noviny)
The First Rescue Party (Prvni parta)
1938 The Mother (Matka)
How Things Are Done (Jak se co dela)



The works published ex mortem by Miroslav Halik:
1939 The Cheat (Zivot a dilo skladatele Foltyna) - unfinished
I Had a Dog and a Cat
1940 Calendar
About People
1945 The Book of Apocryphs
1946 Bajky a podpovidky

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