El clavo by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
"El clavo" by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón is a detective story published in 1853. Considered the first precedent of the detective genre in Spain, it follows a judge who investigates a mysterious skull pierced with a nail found in a cemetery. As he unravels the murder case, his personal life becomes entangled with the investigation when the prime suspect turns out to be someone he knows intimately. Based on a real case
that circulated in nineteenth-century Spanish newspapers, this short novel blends romance with criminal mystery. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de, 1833-1891 |
|---|---|
| Title | El clavo |
| Original Publication | Spain: B. Rodríguez Serra,1900. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_clavo |
| Credits | Ramón Pajares Box |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | Spanish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Detective and mystery stories |
| Subject | Spanish fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 67248 |
| Release Date | Jan 25, 2022 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 519 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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