Social literature

Samaritanac

In The Samaritan, Richard Price dissects the limits of kindness in a poor urban ghetto. The novel, a blend of crime fiction and social drama, takes place in the fictional town of Dempsey, New Jersey, where misery, addiction, and false redemptions collide.

Sedam zvonara majke Marije i druge pripovijetke

Šeširdžijin zamak

The novel is a dark tale of destructive ambition, class discrimination, domestic violence and Victorian repression, inspired by Dickens' style but with Cronin's social realism. A 1942 film adaptation starring Robert Newton.

Shirley

The novel Shirley (1849) is Charlotte Brontë's second social novel after Jane Eyre, depicting the industrial crisis caused by the Napoleonic Wars and the blockade of trade, where machines replace workers, causing discontent and violence.

Sinovi

The novel Sons by the Russian author Valery Smirnov is a powerful socio-psychological story about family, inheritance and moral dilemmas.

Sjaj i bijeda kurtizana

The Splendor and Misery of a Courtesan is part of Balzac's collection The Human Comedy. The novel follows the fate of Lucien de Rubempré, an ambitious young poet, and his relationship with the mysterious Vautrin, an ex-convict, in the world of Parisian de

Sluga Jan

Španjolski vrtlar

Cronin's novel masterfully depicts the conflict between cold intellect and warmth of heart, the harmfulness of possessive love and the healing power of true human intimacy. The novel is at once a tender story about a child's soul and a sharp critique of e

Sunce nad rijekom Sangan

The novel Sun over the Sangan River by the Chinese author Din Lin (also known as Ding Ling) was published in 1950 in Zagreb, translated from Russian by Josip Smolčić.

Sveta beda / Ljudi u ljetnoj noći

Holy Misery (1919) is a profound, almost sacred hymn to human endurance, where misery is transformed into something sublime, almost religious, in the hands of a Finnish Nobel laureate who masterfully combined naturalism and lyrical tenderness.