Tri mučenice: Tri izvorne pripovijesti

Three Martyrs: Three Original Stories (Allies - Strange People - Killed by Wine) is one of the most significant works by Eugen Kumičić and the pinnacle of Croatian naturalism. It is a collection of three stories that were later combined under the common title "Three Martyrs", first published in 1888, and this is the 1933 edition (St. Kugli, Zagreb), in which the book was printed as the fourth volume of the Collected Works of Eugen Kumičić.

The work follows the lives of three women – Jelka, Kata and Luca – who belong to different social circles, but are connected by a tragic fate. Through their stories, Kumičić sharply criticizes the bourgeois society of the late 19th century: hypocrisy, class prejudices, double standards in sexual ethics and the subordinate position of women.

The novel is written in a naturalistic style: detailed, sometimes cruelly realistic, with an emphasis on social environment, heredity and the influence of the environment on the individual. Kumičić shows a strong influence of French naturalism (especially Émile Zola), but with a pronounced Croatian and Zagreb local color. Three Martyrs is considered one of the most successful Croatian socio-critical novels of the 19th century.

The 1933 edition by St. Kugli contains three illustrations on special plates (illustrator not listed). The book is printed on quality paper, in a hardcover, which is typical of Kugli's editions.