Literature

Čiča Goriot

Honore de Balzac

Uncle Goriot is the story of the old war profiteer Goriot and his daughters, who, after robbing him to the skin, leave him to die in the solitude and misery of the Vaquer boarding house, a story that can be read today on several levels.

Čiča Goriot / Eugenie Grandet

Honore de Balzac

Together, Uncle Goriot and Eugenie Grandet deliver Balzac's powerful portrayal of the power of money, family relationships, and social ambitions, revealing how greed, love, and sacrifice shape human destinies.

Čiča Milon i druge novele

Guy de Maupassant

Čiča Tomina koliba

A novel that strongly depicts the cruelty of slavery in 19th century America and is one of the most influential works in the fight against slavery. The novel (1852) caused enormous social reactions and contributed to the strengthening of the abolitionist

Čiča Tomina koliba

*Uncle Tom’s Cabin* follows the slave Tom—who, after being sold, ends up in the hands of the cruel Legree—as well as Eliza and George, who flee toward freedom with their child. The novel exposes the inhumanity of slavery and the destruction of families.

Čiča Tomina koliba

A novel that strongly depicts the cruelty of slavery in 19th century America and is one of the most influential works in the fight against slavery. The novel (1852) caused enormous social reactions and contributed to the strengthening of the abolitionist

Ciciban

Čičikovljeve pustolovine ili Mrtve duše

The novel "Dead Souls" was originally conceived as a poem in 3 parts, based on Dante's Divine Comedy divided into three parts: hell, purgatory and paradise, but he wrote only one, published in 1842, and 5 fragments of the second part.

Ciganski romansero

In this famous work, the Gypsies take on a mythical dimension: they represent the instinct of freedom, the struggle against established norms and destiny.

Čigrice, grlice iz skladišne ulice