by Fernán Caballero · Noguer y Caralt · ISBN 9788421711651
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«La familia de Alvareda» is the costumbrista novel by Fernán Caballero, published by Noguer y Caralt (221 pages, in Spanish).
Set in rural 19th-century Andalusia, it portrays the customs and family life of the era. It narrates the misfortune of a family due to the impulsive and jealous character of one of its members, with elements of popular folklore. The story is inspired by real events that took place in Dos Hermanas.
1991 edition, part of the Galería Literaria collection. The work was originally published in 1856.
For readers of classic Spanish novels and costumbrista tales set in Andalusia.
Fernán Caballero was the pseudonym of Spanish novelist Cecilia Francisca Josefa Böhl de Faber y Ruiz de Larrea. She was the daughter of German writer Johann Nikolaus Böhl von Faber and Spanish writer Frasquita Larrea. Her pen name was taken from the name of a village in the province of Ciudad Real.
