Project Gutenberg 2011-11-29 Public domain in the USA. 118 Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente 1867 1928 Ibáñez, Vicente Blasco Blasco Ibanez, Vicente Underhill, John Garrett 1876 1946 Mekota, Beatrice M. Snow, Francis Haffkine The Cabin [La barraca] Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "The Cabin [La barraca]" by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez is a novel written in the early 20th century. It tells a poignant story of rural life in Spain, focusing on the struggles and dignity of the peasant class as they navigate the challenges posed by harsh economic realities and social injustices. Key characters include Pepeta, a hardworking farmer’s wife facing the burdens of her family and the oppressive circumstances of her existence. The opening of this narrative introduces readers to a vibrant yet harsh landscape of the Valencian plain at dawn. There, we meet Pepeta as she rises early to sell vegetables in the market, enduring the strain of her labor alongside her feckless husband, Toni. Her encounters highlight a community woven with tales of hardship, including a chance meeting with Rosario, an old acquaintance whose life has taken a tragic turn. This sets the stage for an exploration of themes such as poverty, resilience, and the impact of social class, ultimately leading to the tragic decline of the Barret family's fortunes amidst the backdrop of rural life marked by uncertainty and despair. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Spanish fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 390508 390517 2024-09-16T06:59:29.776347 2023-09-16T13:09:31.651970 text/html text/html 393150 2011-12-01T07:05:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 146416 2011-12-01T07:06:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 195826 2024-09-16T06:59:36.426283 application/epub+zip 201201 2024-09-16T06:59:31.287311 application/epub+zip 201201 2024-09-16T06:59:30.385323 application/epub+zip 371371 2024-09-16T06:59:40.435261 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342356 2024-09-16T06:59:35.654400 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342218 2022-09-17T12:16:43.943684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365223 365060 2024-09-16T06:59:28.860310 2023-09-16T13:09:30.753958 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 364932 2011-12-01T07:05:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 139383 2011-12-01T07:06:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 364923 2011-12-01T07:05:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 139264 2011-12-01T07:06:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21133 2024-09-16T06:59:40.590248 application/rdf+xml 13134 2024-09-16T06:59:30.742299 image/jpeg 3492 2024-09-16T06:59:30.562300 image/jpeg 194931 2024-09-16T06:59:29.810329 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia es.wikipedia