And as soon as the barrels are full of salted anchovies, the prices plummet. The eldest never gets back on track after his military service and resents the endless drudgery, the second dies in the war. The Malavoglia work and toil, and whenever it looks like they might get back on their feet, new trouble comes. The family estate, the house with the medlar tree, is lost, but the grandchildren still have to be raised properly and married off. But his boat with the already spoiled goods, bought on credit anyway, wrecks on the rock, the crew including his only son drowns. Show more If only Padron 'Ntoni had not had the idea with the lupines - at least once he also wanted to make his profit with a clandestine business - it would never have come so far. If only Padron 'Ntoni had not had the idea with the lupines - at least once he also wanted to make his profit with a clandestine business - it would never have come so far.
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