L'esca del pecat by M. Figuerola Aldroféu
"L'esca del pecat" by M. Figuerola Aldroféu is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set in Barcelona, it likely explores moral corruption, social hypocrisy, and the vulnerability of working people to predatory elites. It follows Gracieta, a virtuous young seamstress, and her widowed father Pau, targeted by the charming but violent dandy Arturo Bosch and his henchman, while a parallel thread involves the kept woman Antonia de Roca-viva and a
jaded marquess. The opening of this novel introduces Pau, a good-natured cobbler, and his daughter Gracieta, courted by Arturo, who poses as a prosperous “stock man.” After Gracieta seeks her father’s approval, Arturo refuses a humble meeting and instead plots with his fixer, Mala-ánima, to lure Pau away and assault Gracieta in a rented flat; she resists, raises the alarm, and is forced to shield Arturo to save her father, who is being held and wounded. We then see Arturo’s double life: he lives grandly under an alias, keeps Antonia—whom he brutally violates—and partners in an insurance-fraud scheme using dynamite-laden crates disguised as goods bound for Montevideo. Meanwhile, a marquess and his club friends gossip, the marquess seduces and installs Antonia after she leaves Arturo, and Gracieta’s coworkers and neighbors piece together clues (with a portress’s help) to find Arturo, just as he finalizes the explosive scam and swears vengeance against Gracieta. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Figuerola Aldroféu, M. (Miquel), 1861-1913 |
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| Title | L'esca del pecat |
| Original Publication | Barcelona: Tipografia de la Biblioteca, 1890. |
| Credits | Editor digital: Joan Queralt Gil |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | Catalan |
| LoC Class | PC: Language and Literatures: Romance languages: Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Catalan fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76140 |
| Release Date | May 22, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 272 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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