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Pavao Šegota, a gifted young man from a poor Podgora region, goes to study in Prague. The novel follows his struggle with his new surroundings, love, poverty and disappointments. A realistic portrayal of the ruin of talent in a foreign land.
Obstacles (1905) is a novel that depicts personal and social obstacles in Croatian bourgeois life. The central theme is the conflict of ideals, love, and duty with social norms, moral expectations, and class barriers.
Under Nehaj (1892) is the second novel by Vjenceslav Novak and one of the key works of Croatian realism. In the edition edited by Slavko Ježić (the second volume of Collected Works), this "story from Senj life" provides a powerful picture of the writer's
The Secret of the Green Bird (1910) is a novel by Spanish writer and Jesuit Luis Coloma, an author also known for the story of Ratoncito Pérez, about a young man from a Spanish aristocratic family who grew up without a mother under the influence of a domi
Tito Dorčić follows the tragic fate of the son of a fisherman from Senj, who is sent by his father to study law in Vienna. Torn between family tradition, social expectations and his own nature, Tito experiences an inner breakdown and ruin.
The book follows the life of young Eugénie, who grows up in a provincial French town in a strict and greedy family.