In the novel Rakovac u Vinovrh, the character of an idealistically committed young man who fights against the economic and national oppression of Croatia appears.
"Kanarinčeva ljubovca" (1880) is a story by Šeno that is often cited as his most successful, that is, as one of the most mature of his realist works in general.
August Šenoa began publishing this extensive historical novel of his in 1880 in Narodne novine. Death prevented Šena from completing this work. Based on his writings, the novel was continued and completed by Josip Eugen Tomić.
Beware of Senja's Hand is a historical and political novel by August Šenoa, written and first published in 1876. Diogenes is Šenoa's last completed historical novel: in a way, it is both experimental and new.