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 "Rebecca" (1938), a Gothic classic, follows a nameless young woman, the poor companion of a rich American woman, who falls in love with the charming widower Maxim de Winter, owner of the luxurious Manderley estate in Cornwall, in Monte Carlo.