Christopher Kasparek says that, if anything, Curtin did still worse by Sienkiewicz's "profounder" compatriot, Bolesław Prus. Prus' historical novel "Pharaoh" appears, in Curtin's version, as "The Pharaoh and the Priest" by "Alexander Glovatski." Why the author's pen name was dropped in favor of a transliterated and distorted version of his private name, is not explained. Concerning the change of title, Curtin states laconically, at the end (p. viii) of his "Prefatory Remarks" (plagiarized from Prus' "Introduction", which also appears in the book), that "The title of this volume has been changed from 'The Pharaoh' to 'The Pharaoh and the Priest,' at the wish of the author." Curtin's English version of the novel is incomplete, lacking the striking epilog that closes the novel's sixty-seven chapters.