Goldsmith's Gold, Šenoa's first and most famous historical novel, is considered the first modern novel in Croatian literature. August Šenoa himself is the most widely read Croatian writer of all time.
The young gentleman describes the life of chaplain Janko Lugarić, whose real name was Janko Puškarić (1801-1874), and he was a chaplain until his death in the parishes of Hrvatsko Zagorje, Pokuplje and Turopolje. Luka the Beggar is a novel by August Šenoa
"Carnation from the Poet's Grave" is a short story written as Šeno's personal testimony about how, as a writer and fighter for his nationality, he turned to the fight against Germanization and Slavism.