These stories show the problems of Croatian everyday life in the 19th century - the disintegration of traditional Slavonian village life, the disappearance of rural cooperatives, the sale of land to foreigners, the departure of peasants to the city.
The plot of this adventure novel takes place on the American Mississippi River and its banks at a time when steamships sailed this vast river, during the author's childhood.
At a time when he peacefully grazed the lush grass next to his mother in his native green valley, the beautiful young stallion, Black Beauty, could not even dream of all the adventures that would befall him in the future.
Instead of brief entries like you'll find in lexicons and encyclopedias, Lektira na dlana offers you an exciting journey through great literary epochs, and your guides along the way are well-known experts in Croatian literary science.