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).
The selection of Vjenceslav Novak's novels includes those from the school reading list: "Gluttony and Misery", "U glib", "The Narrative", "From the Great Underground" and others.