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.
"Between Light and Darkness" is a short story by Josip Kozarac in which the author depicts a person's inner struggle between moral values (light) and weakness, temptation, and wrong decisions (darkness).
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.
"The Last of the Mohicans" by James Fenimore Cooper is a classic historical novel set during the Seven Years' War between the French and the British in North America.
The Little Prince is the most famous novel by the French pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupery from 1943. It has been translated into over 290 languages and has sold more than 80 million copies, making it one of the best-selling books in the world.