Project Gutenberg 2010-08-20 Public domain in the USA. 280 Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente 1867 1928 Ibáñez, Vicente Blasco Blasco Ibanez, Vicente La horda Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at DP Europe (http://dp.rastko.net) "La horda" by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez is a novel written in the early 20th century. This work delves into themes of poverty, survival, and the harsh realities of urban life in Spain during that era. The story seems to follow Isidro Maltrana, a young man struggling with the complexities of life, social class, and his aspirations amidst the backdrop of a city bustling with the hurried movements of laborers and vendors. At the start of the novel, the scene is set in the early hours of the morning at a bustling marketplace in Madrid, where carts laden with wares arrive in the rain. The vivid descriptions introduce various characters, including the weary muleteers seeking to sell their goods and the young reporter Isidro Maltrana. As the daybreak reveals the city, we catch a glimpse of the struggles of the working class, their interactions, and the sense of urgency surrounding their daily activities. Maltrana is depicted as a thoughtful but impoverished youth, caught between his simplifying existence and the higher ideals he yearns to pursue. The opening captures the vibrancy and despair of life in an industrializing society, foreshadowing the depth of social commentary that will unfold in the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/33474/33474-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 54.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. es Authors -- Fiction Madrid (Spain) -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Poverty -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels 671144 2025-06-13T14:29:10.410528 text/html 667301 2010-08-20T11:27:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 308086 2010-08-20T11:28:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 315265 2025-06-13T14:29:17.889495 application/epub+zip 326865 2025-06-13T14:29:11.341522 application/epub+zip 326866 2025-06-13T14:29:10.877513 application/epub+zip 523464 2025-06-13T14:29:23.229469 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491184 2025-06-13T14:29:17.478510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491434 2022-09-15T10:06:54.380211 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 643183 2025-06-13T14:29:09.153055 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 629894 2010-08-20T11:25:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 249343 2010-08-20T11:28:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19880 2025-06-13T14:29:23.389474 application/rdf+xml 23464 2025-06-13T14:29:10.980538 image/jpeg 4205 2025-06-13T14:29:10.928513 image/jpeg 308929 2025-06-13T14:29:10.480564 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog es.wikipedia en.wikipedia