The Faithful River is a 1912 novel written in Paris by Polish writer Stefan Żeromski.

The novel is set in Poland during the January Uprising from 1863 to 1865 and chronicles the story of a wounded soldier who is nursed back to health by a young maiden in charge of the manor house of her absent owners.

[1][2] From May 2024, a fair copy of the novel in the author’s own hand is presented at a permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth in Warsaw.

It effectively prevents the Muscovites from intercepting the secret plans and list of insurgents' names, which were being transported by the trapped commissioner of the National Government.

And finally to her he entrusts Salomea, the main character, with the money received in exchange for his lost love.