The periodical 'Wiek', issued in Warsaw since 1873, proved to be one of the most widely read and popular magazines. Its title ('wiek' meaning 'age' or 'century' in Polish) evoked associations with its Editorial Board and its readers being present in the centre of phenomena and processes characteristic to their contemporary time; with topicality and continuity at a time. The article draws a profile of the nineteenth century as emergent from the periodical's columns
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