by Narcís Oller i Moragas · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429737004
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«La febre d'or» is the novel by Narcís Oller i Moragas, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (480 pages, in Catalan).
The novel portrays nineteenth-century Barcelona and the rise of a bourgeoisie that, thanks to stock-market speculation in the early 1880s, expands its economic and social power. The work serves as a testimony to a crucial moment in the history of a sector of Catalan society from the author's personal perspective.
Narcís Oller (1846-1930) was the first great Catalan novelist of the Renaixença. The work was originally published in 1890.
For readers interested in classics of Catalan literature and in the novel that portrays nineteenth-century Barcelona society.
Narcís Oller i de Moragas was a Catalan lawyer and novelist who initially wrote in the traditions of literary realism and naturalism, later adapting his style to the Modernisme movement, the Catalan equivalent of Art Nouveau. Despite his stylistic evolution, he is considered one of the leading Catalan authors of the 19th century.
