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).
Oliver Twist (1837–1839) is the second novel by Charles Dickens and one of the most famous works of world literature. The novel is the first major social novel to openly confront the misery, poverty, and injustice of Victorian England.