The novel "The Zrinjski-Frankopan Conspiracy" (1893) was the most widely read Croatian book for ten years, and, thanks to the interest of readers at the time in historical events, it had a huge influence on younger generations of readers.
The novel Taida, published in 1890, is one of the most famous works by French Nobel Prize winner Anatole France. The work is inspired by the legend of Saint Taida of Egypt, a 4th-century courtesan who converted to Christianity.
It is a novel that thematically and stylistically depicts the inner world of a woman in transition through various aspects of society, intimacy, and spirituality.
” Katkad me obuzima velika radoznalost – ponekad, u dokon čas: kad se, na primjer, vlak zadrži na nekoj raskrsnici zatrpanoj tovarom za nove gradnje – građom, drvom, vatrostalnim crijepom – pa se putnici uzmeškolje na klupama…”