Bosch de la Trinxeria, Carles
"L'hereu Noradell: Estudi de família catalana" by Carles Bosch de la Trinxeria is a novel written in 1889. Set in rural Catalonia's Alt Empordà region, it follows Marçal Noradell, who inherits his family's wealthy vineyard estate but abandons his roots for political life in Madrid. As gambling debts mount and the devastating phylloxera plague destroys his lands, Marçal faces ruin. The novel blends realist techniques with rural customs, portraying traditional Catalan family life against the dramatic agricultural crisis of the late nineteenth century. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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