Project Gutenberg 2009-10-12 Public domain in the USA. 252 Valera, Juan 1824 1905 Galiano, Juan Valera y Alcala Galiano, Juan Valera y Alcalá Pepita Ximenez Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at DP Europe (http://dp.rastko.net) "Pepita Ximenez" by Juan Valera is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story explores themes of love, moral integrity, and societal expectations through the character of Pepita, a young widow, as well as through her interactions with her suitors, particularly an aging squire looking to marry her, and her associated contemplation of the priesthood by a character named Don Luis de Vargas. The work captures the intricate dynamics of personal ambition and social pressures in a rural Spanish setting. The opening of the novel introduces us to Don Luis de Vargas, who has returned to his native village after a long absence. He reflects on his surroundings and family, specifically mentioning his father, a suitor to the beautiful Pepita Ximenez. Contextualizing Pepita within her recent history, it reveals her complexity as a character: she is a young widow respected in the village due to her beauty and wealth but is also burdened by the social implications of her marriage to the much older Don Gumersindo. Don Luis strives to understand Pepita's intentions and character while grappling with his own vocation to the priesthood, as influenced by his father's desire for a happy and settled life through marriage. The narrative sets the stage for exploring deeper themes, including the conflict between earthly desires and spiritual aspirations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 61.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Fiction PQ Text Category: Novels 414161 2025-10-12T11:06:02.303169 text/html 392761 2024-10-24T20:26:46 text/html 220515 2025-10-12T11:06:08.607123 application/epub+zip 225937 2025-10-12T11:06:04.146170 application/epub+zip 225937 2025-10-12T11:06:03.013191 application/epub+zip 379684 2025-10-12T11:06:12.059106 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365097 2025-10-12T11:06:07.902134 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337884 2022-09-14T05:11:10.149452 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 400919 2025-10-12T11:06:01.778138 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 381201 2024-10-24T20:26:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16330 2025-10-12T11:06:12.181097 application/rdf+xml 10525 2025-10-12T11:06:03.515131 image/jpeg 2850 2025-10-12T11:06:03.264121 image/jpeg 217074 2025-10-12T11:06:02.340145 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog es.wikipedia en.wikipedia