Project Gutenberg 2021-02-04 Public domain in the USA. 116 Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de 1833 1891 Alarcon, Pedro Antonio de Ariza, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y De Alarcón, Pedro Antonio Darr, Lizzie Townsend Darr, Mrs. Francis J. A. El amigo de la muerte. English The Strange Friend of Tito Gil E-text prepared by Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Strange Friend of Tito Gil" by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book tells the story of Tito Gil, a poor shoemaker’s son who, after a series of misfortunes and transformations, becomes entangled with the enigmatic figure of Death, who claims to be his friend and offers him extraordinary powers. The novel explores themes of love, hardship, and the twists of fate that lead Tito on a quest to reconnect with his childhood love, Elena. At the start of the story, we meet Tito Gil, who has transitioned from being a page in a noble household to a destitute shoemaker after the death of his benefactor, Count Rionuevo. Struggling with heartbreak and poverty, Tito’s life takes a dark turn when he encounters a mysterious figure who reveals himself to be Death, stating that he is bound to Tito by the remorse for the misfortunes he has caused. As Tito grapples with despair, he is offered the chance to become a physician and win back Elena, but must navigate the complexities of fate, love, and the deeper implications of his newfound abilities, leading to a series of encounters that will ultimately challenge his understanding of life and death. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Spanish fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Category: Novels 166843 2025-06-25T11:09:23.970955 text/html 144274 2024-10-18T10:16:36 text/html 680790 2025-06-25T11:09:28.053972 application/epub+zip 678591 2025-06-25T11:09:24.811016 application/epub+zip 117858 2025-06-25T11:09:24.378998 application/epub+zip 727603 2025-06-25T11:09:30.572905 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 656724 2025-06-25T11:09:27.614932 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 142204 2022-09-29T04:21:47.732258 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 140125 2025-06-25T11:09:23.532934 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 120144 2024-10-18T10:16:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17011 2025-06-25T11:09:30.713917 application/rdf+xml 12307 2025-06-25T11:09:24.475930 image/jpeg 2180 2025-06-25T11:09:24.427943 image/jpeg 648110 2025-06-25T11:09:24.029916 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 en.wikipedia es.wikipedia