"La araña negra, t. 7/9" by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez is a novel written in 1892. This serialized work tells the story of the Baselga family, a noble lineage from Old Castile dating back to the heroes of the Reconquista. Set in early nineteenth-century Spain, the novel follows how the Jesuit Company patiently weaves a spider's web around this wealthy family, seeking to seize their fortune. The work contains sharp criticism of the Jesuits and their methods. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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