M. Figuerola Aldroféu
1861–1913
Biography
M. Figuerola Aldroféu is the name the site uses for a Catalan writer whom the Catalan Wikipedia lists as Miquel Figuerola i Aldrofeu. He was born in Barcelona on 30 March 1861 and died in the same city on 1 March 1913. Some sources also give him the first name Manuel, and the initial M. on the book fits either form.
He wrote poetry, plays, humorous prose and novels, and he also took up photography. His stage works include comedies, some in one act and some in three, which were performed at Barcelona theatres such as the Bon Retir, the Romea and the Novetats, from the late 1870s into the 1890s. He also wrote zarzuelas in Catalan and Spanish. His poetry collections include Palpitacions (1885) and Temps perdut (1886), and his humorous stories were gathered in Cromos (1887).
The book on this site is L'esca del pecat (1890), which the Catalan article lists among his serial novels. That listing is the reason this page treats the site's M. Figuerola Aldroféu as this writer. The Catalan article has the full list of his plays and books, and it is the best place to check details, since no English article turned up for him.
This biography was written by a language model. The sources below are where to check it; treat details with care.
Books
L'esca del pecat
by M. Figuerola Aldroféu
A Catalan novel in twenty-seven short chapters that opens on a village quarrel in which a shoemaker threatens the boys who have wronged him. Its title, the tinder of sin, points to the small temptations from which the story's troubles catch fire.
Summary written by Claude Sonnet 5.5.