Mart'in Rivas
Title | Mart'in Rivas PDF eBook |
Author | Alberto Blest Gana |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 442 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0195107144 |
This is the story of a youngster who is entrusted to the household of a member of the Santiago elite. While living there he falls in love with his guardian's daughter, and their love provides a commentary about the mores of Chilean society.
Martin Rivas
Title | Martin Rivas PDF eBook |
Author | Alberto Blest Gana |
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Pages | 476 |
Release | 1918 |
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Martin Rivas
Title | Martin Rivas PDF eBook |
Author | Alberto Blest Gana |
Publisher | |
Pages | 431 |
Release | 1918 |
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Martin Rivas
Title | Martin Rivas PDF eBook |
Author | Alberto Blest Gana |
Publisher | Theclassics.Us |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 2013-09 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781230396309 |
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XL Let Us return to Dona Bernarda Coldero as she went back to her house after hearing from Don Damaso the revelation of the secret which her son had hidden from her. During her walk the irritation that this news had caused her increased, as may be well imagined. This revelation destroyed so many ambitious hopes, fostered by Amador, that, on seeing them vanish, her rancour against the deceit which had obliged her to relinquish them increased in proportion to the value that these hopes acquired when they were lost. It was thus that on entering her room she threw her mantle on a chair and called to her eldest daughter in a harsh voice. Adelaida came immediately. "Where is your brother ?" asked Dona Bernarda. "He is in his room," replied the girl. "Call him, I have to speak to you both." A few moments after they both arrived in the room where Dona Bernarda was waiting for them. Dona Bernarda looked at her son with an expression of concentrated rage., "So you have deceived me," she said, putting both her hands on her hips with a peculiar movement of her head. "I! Why? What is it?" replied Amador, who like all those who have a guilty conscience on account of a fault, suspected on the moment the meaning of this question, and he turned pale. "You don't know, then! Am I a fool that my children deceive me! Here is what is the matter. Is Adelaida married or not?" "But, mother, have I not been telling you all these last days that everything is arranged." "That for the arrangement! Have you nothing else to say? Truly! arranged treating us like negroes! What do you care if we have to wander in the street? Even little children will point us out." "Are things as bad as that?" said .Amador, dumfounded. Dona Bernarda was exasperated at this...
Martin Rivas
Title | Martin Rivas PDF eBook |
Author | A. Blestgana |
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The Literary History of Spanish America
Title | The Literary History of Spanish America PDF eBook |
Author | Alfred Coester |
Publisher | Cooper Square Publishers |
Pages | 526 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |
Reforming Chile
Title | Reforming Chile PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick Barr-Melej |
Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780807849194 |
Highlighting the crucial yet largely overlooked role played by society's middle layers in the historical development of Latin America, Patrick Barr-Melej provides the first comprehensive analysis of the rise of Chile's middle-class reform movement and its