Social literature

Meštar Don Gesualdo

The novel is an important representative of verismo, Italian realism, and depicts the lives of people from the south of Italy, especially the conflicts between the poor peasantry and the decaying aristocracy.

Middlemarch I: Gospođica Brooke

In the first book of the novel, we meet Dorothea Brooke, a 19-year-old girl who wants a great life dedicated to good. She marries the old scholar Casaubon, thinking that he will help her in her intellectual work, but the marriage brings disappointment.

Mieke: zaručnica s "Vražjeg ugla"

A Catholic story about the life, conversion, illness and Christian sacrifice of a young worker, Mieke, from a poor and sinful suburb, intended primarily for young girls and workers.

Mi smo za pravicu

The first edition of a collection of short stories by Slavko Kolar. It satirically and with warm humor depicts the life of the Croatian village and the small town in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the fight for justice, political compromises, corruption, and

Mladice

The novel Mladice (1938) depicts the life and spiritual growth of the young generation of Croats in the interwar period – their ideals, internal conflicts, love, national awakening, and search for meaning in turbulent times.

Moj život

Mrtve duše

Dead Souls (1842) is a brilliant satire that exposes the moral and social rot of imperial Russia through Chichikov's fraud with dead serfs, with Gogol's virtuoso mix of humor, irony and lyricism.

Mrtvi kapitali

"Dead Capitals" (1890) is one of the most important works of Croatian realism and a strong critique of the social stagnation of the time. The novel shows the economic and social neglect of Slavonian villages under the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the c

Mrtvi kapitali

"Dead Capitals" (1890) is one of the most important works of Croatian realism and a strong critique of the social stagnation of the time. The novel shows the economic and social neglect of Slavonian villages under the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the c

Naivci

This is a humorous and satirical story about life in a small Dalmatian town, told through the perspective of a naive but insightful narrator.