Saturnin (novel)
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Saturnin is a 1970 humourous novel by Zdeněk Jirotka, with characters like the dangerous servant Saturnin, the annoying Aunt Kateřina and her son Milouš, Uncle František, Doctor Vlach, and the narrator's grandfather.
This is the best work of Zdeněk Jirotka. This novel is strongly inspired by work of English authors, esp. Jerome Klapka Jerome and by novels and short stories by English writer Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, which features the character of the servant Jeeves. It has been translated into English, Spanish and Italian. Foreign language versions are issued by Charles University's publisher Karolinum.
[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
The basic story from this novel has been filmed as (Saturnin), which was then split into a 4-part series and broadcasted on Czech television. The servant Saturnin was played by Oldřich Vízner.
[edit] External links in Czech language
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