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Veronika, a twenty-four-year-old girl from Ljubljana, seems to have everything one could wish for: she is young and beautiful, surrounded by young men, has a harmonious family and a job that fulfills her. But there is something missing in her life.
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This book, awarded in 1888 at the "Kuriera Warszawskiego" contest, is set in Žmudža and describes the history of the protected environment on the estate, similar to the epic "Nad Niemnem" by Eliza Orzeszkowej.