The strange adventures of the apprentice Hlapić is the first novel by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić and the first Croatian novel for children. Published in 1913, it became the prototype of a children's novel in Croatian literature. It has a realistic origin, but
"The Last of the Mohicans" by James Fenimore Cooper is a classic historical novel set during the Seven Years' War between the French and the British in North America.
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.
Školska knjiga, 1986.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
1.98 €
School reading • Croatian literature • Poetry
The work brings together a gallery of colorful characters – family members, village neighbors, teachers, friends – who shape Ćopić's childish view of the world.