The Jewel in the Crown is a 1966 novel by Paul Scott that begins his Paradise Quartet. The Quartet novel sequence in four volumes is set in the last days of British rule in India during World War II.
The second part of the epic tetralogy Peasants. The novel depicts the difficult winter life in the village of Lipce, deepens the conflicts within Boryna's family, the passionate relationship between Antko and Jagna, and the growing tensions in the village
Matica hrvatska, 1936.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
23.54 € (set)
Croatian literature • Romance Novels • Psychological novel
In the villages near Trnava, Croats "transplanted" to Slovakia preserve their language and religion. The love of Jure and Kristina and the tragic fate of Pavle are intertwined with the awakening of national identity and historical changes.
Hrvatsko književno društvo Sv. Jeronima, 1942.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
7.24 €
Moral and didactic literature • Psychological novel • Russian literature
"Conscience" (a novel about the Murat family) by A. T. Shel. Mikhailov is a psychological-moral novel about a Russian bourgeois family, internal conflicts, sin, responsibility and the voice of conscience. Popular Russian fiction in Croatian translation.
Tisak i naklada Lav. Weissa, 1920.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
9.36 €
Moral and didactic literature • Psychological novel • Czech literature
"The Brodkov Lawyer" by Václav Beneš Šumavsky is a realistic novel about a lawyer, social conditions, morality and everyday life in Moravia. Popular Czech fiction in Croatian translation.
"The Last Night of Summer" by American writer Erskine Caldwell is a novel that deals with interpersonal relationships, social tensions, and moral crises in the American South, for which Caldwell is known.
Naprijed, 1965.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
In the novel Gorski car, which takes place in the countryside, Ranković also describes an event from his own life: while he was on summer vacation in 1886, bandits attacked his family home and killed his father Pavle, while torturing his mother and others