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Psychological novel
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Before Happiness
Before Happiness — Milica Janković. A young woman begins a diary of emotional awakening, disappointment and the search for a place of her own. Milica Janković explores love, social expectations and the years that precede happiness.
Milica JankovićNoveleBook · AudiobookCrime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment — Fyodor Dostoevsky. In St Petersburg, the impoverished student Raskolnikov commits a crime he tries to justify through an idea of exceptional individuals. Suspicion, guilt and his encounters with others gradually challenge the theory on which he has staked his life.
Fyodor DostoevskyNoveleBookThe Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov — Fyodor Dostoevsky. The lives of the Karamazov brothers become entangled in bitter family conflicts and the murder of their father. Through Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha, Dostoyevsky examines freedom, faith, guilt, and responsibility in a demanding psychological novel.
Fyodor DostoevskyNoveleBookThe Mountain King
The Mountain King — Svetolik Ranković. A young man’s need for recognition collides with village prejudice and draws him towards an outlaw’s life. Ranković explores the line between injustice endured and violence inflicted.
Svetolik RankovićNoveleBook · AudiobookThe New Women
The New Women — Jelena Dimitrijević. Educated young women in Salonica’s Muslim households imagine lives beyond the limits imposed on them. Books, friendship and love raise hopes that family expectations and experience abroad put to the test.
Jelena DimitrijevićNoveleBook · AudiobookThe Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde. A beautiful young man discovers that his painted portrait bears the marks of age and wrongdoing while his own face remains unchanged. Oscar Wilde's novel explores vanity, moral responsibility, and the seductive pursuit of pleasure.
Oscar WildeNoveleBookThe Village Schoolmistress
The Village Schoolmistress — Svetolik Ranković. Village teachers confront private hopes, loneliness and pressure from local authorities. Ranković combines their relationships with a critical portrait of provincial society.
Svetolik RankovićNoveleBook · Audiobook