The strange adventures of the apprentice Hlapić is the first novel by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić and the first Croatian novel for children. Published in 1913, it became the prototype of a children's novel in Croatian literature. It has a realistic origin, but
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić's classic follows the good little apprentice Hlapić as he flees from the cruel master Roko. On his seven-day journey with the girl Gita, he performs good deeds and overcomes numerous obstacles.
Mladost, 1985.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
6.54 €
Literature for children • School reading • Teen Novels • Psychological novel • Russian literature
Childhood (1852) is the first book of an autobiographical trilogy (with Adolescence and Youth), where Tolstoy explores the world of childhood through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, Nikolinka Irtenjev – innocence, joys, sorrows and first traumas.
The work brings together a gallery of colorful characters – family members, village neighbors, teachers, friends – who shape Ćopić's childish view of the world.