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Title: Cecilia Valdés o la Loma del Ángel
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Vald%C3%A9s Wikipedia page about this book: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Vald%C3%A9s_(novela)
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Summary: "Cecilia Valdés o la Loma del Ángel" by Cirilo Villaverde is a novel written in the late 19th century. This work is recognized as a significant piece of Cuban literature, exploring the social and political landscape of Cuba during the early 19th century. The story centers around the character of Cecilia, a young woman whose life and experiences reflect the tumultuous realities of her society, marked by issues of race, class, and the legacies of colonialism and slavery. The opening of "Cecilia Valdés" introduces the reader to a tense and emotional scene involving a mysterious gentleman, who arrives in a carriage and meets with a mulata woman named Josefa. Their conversation reveals the plight of a sick young woman who has been deeply affected by a recent traumatic event. The gentleman expresses his concern for the patient and hints at a complex backstory involving the separation of a mother and her child. This emotional set-up establishes the themes of love, loss, and social tensions that will play a crucial role throughout the narrative, suggesting a rich exploration of character and circumstance in the cultural context of 19th-century Cuba. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 61.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Villaverde, Cirilo, 1812-1894
EBook No.: 28281
Published: Mar 8, 2009
Downloads: 760
Language: Spanish
Subject: Cuba -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Cecilia Valdés o la Loma del Ángel
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Vald%C3%A9s Wikipedia page about this book: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Vald%C3%A9s_(novela)
Credits:
Produced by Chuck Greif, Víctor Moné and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Cecilia Valdés o la Loma del Ángel" by Cirilo Villaverde is a novel written in the late 19th century. This work is recognized as a significant piece of Cuban literature, exploring the social and political landscape of Cuba during the early 19th century. The story centers around the character of Cecilia, a young woman whose life and experiences reflect the tumultuous realities of her society, marked by issues of race, class, and the legacies of colonialism and slavery. The opening of "Cecilia Valdés" introduces the reader to a tense and emotional scene involving a mysterious gentleman, who arrives in a carriage and meets with a mulata woman named Josefa. Their conversation reveals the plight of a sick young woman who has been deeply affected by a recent traumatic event. The gentleman expresses his concern for the patient and hints at a complex backstory involving the separation of a mother and her child. This emotional set-up establishes the themes of love, loss, and social tensions that will play a crucial role throughout the narrative, suggesting a rich exploration of character and circumstance in the cultural context of 19th-century Cuba. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 61.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Villaverde, Cirilo, 1812-1894
EBook No.: 28281
Published: Mar 8, 2009
Downloads: 760
Language: Spanish
Subject: Cuba -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.