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Title: Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 9
Contents: Rosaura: a tale of Madrid -- Adventure in the North-West Territory -- Harry Bolton's curacy -- The Florida pirate -- The Pandour and his princess: a Hungarian sketch -- The beauty draught.
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Produced by D Alexander, Juliet Sutherland and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Tales from 'Blackwood'," Volume 9, is a collection of short stories that showcases various narratives, likely compiled during the mid-19th century. This volume features tales such as "Rosaura: A Tale of Madrid" and "Adventure in the North-West Territory." The collection weaves together themes of romance, intrigue, and adventure, exploring human emotions and societal circumstances within different settings. The opening of "Rosaura: A Tale of Madrid" introduces the main character, Federico, a handsome young student known as El Rubio, living in Madrid. Despite his appeal, he is emotionally detached and rejects the romantic advances of the women around him, choosing instead to focus on his studies and aspirations of becoming a lawyer. His solitary existence shifts when he encounters Don Geronimo Regato, an eccentric old man with a tumultuous past, who becomes a mentor to Federico. As their friendship develops, Federico becomes enamored with a mysterious lady in a rose-colored robe, setting off a series of events that intertwine their fates against a backdrop of political strife and personal peril. The tale hints at themes of love, honor, and the consequences of one's choices as it unfolds in the vibrant city of Madrid. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 66.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Various
EBook No.: 35867
Published: Apr 14, 2011
Downloads: 134
Language: English
Subject: Fiction
Subject: Short stories
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 9
Contents: Rosaura: a tale of Madrid -- Adventure in the North-West Territory -- Harry Bolton's curacy -- The Florida pirate -- The Pandour and his princess: a Hungarian sketch -- The beauty draught.
Credits:
Produced by D Alexander, Juliet Sutherland and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Tales from 'Blackwood'," Volume 9, is a collection of short stories that showcases various narratives, likely compiled during the mid-19th century. This volume features tales such as "Rosaura: A Tale of Madrid" and "Adventure in the North-West Territory." The collection weaves together themes of romance, intrigue, and adventure, exploring human emotions and societal circumstances within different settings. The opening of "Rosaura: A Tale of Madrid" introduces the main character, Federico, a handsome young student known as El Rubio, living in Madrid. Despite his appeal, he is emotionally detached and rejects the romantic advances of the women around him, choosing instead to focus on his studies and aspirations of becoming a lawyer. His solitary existence shifts when he encounters Don Geronimo Regato, an eccentric old man with a tumultuous past, who becomes a mentor to Federico. As their friendship develops, Federico becomes enamored with a mysterious lady in a rose-colored robe, setting off a series of events that intertwine their fates against a backdrop of political strife and personal peril. The tale hints at themes of love, honor, and the consequences of one's choices as it unfolds in the vibrant city of Madrid. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 66.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Various
EBook No.: 35867
Published: Apr 14, 2011
Downloads: 134
Language: English
Subject: Fiction
Subject: Short stories
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.