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Black Threads: English Edition
Paperback
Series: 19th Century Croatian Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 18 2026
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the countryside of nineteenth-century Croatia, beneath moonlit roads and among fading estates, lives become entangled by unseen forces-by desire, ambition, and the dark threads that bind one fate to another.
When the widowed Mrs. Koviljevic enters the household of the Maglaj family, she brings with her a presence at once captivating and unsettling. Around her gather three young lives: the reflective Ljudevit, restless and searching; the gentle Marko, discovering love for the first time; and her daughters, Irma and Olga, whose paths will diverge in ways none of them can foresee. What begins in light conversation and youthful romance gradually darkens into a story of hidden pasts, moral choices, and irreversible consequences.
First published in 1875, this work by Rikard Jorgovanic is a striking example of early Croatian prose-at once intimate and dramatic, poised between realism and Romantic intensity. In it, private passions and buried crimes surface with quiet inevitability, shaping the destinies of all involved.
This English edition presents a carefully rendered translation that preserves the tone and texture of the original, accompanied by concise endnotes that illuminate historical context, cultural references, and language. It forms part of the series 19th Century Croatian Fiction, dedicated to bringing overlooked works of European literature to modern readers.
A tale of love, deception, and fate, Black Threads offers a rare glimpse into a literary tradition still little known in English-one in which even the most delicate human ties may conceal a darker design.
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