This edition had all images removed.
Title: San Salvador
Original Publication: United States: Houghton, Mifflin and Company,1892.
Credits: Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Summary: "San Salvador" by Mary Agnes Tincker is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story is set in Venice and centers around the Loredan family, particularly focusing on Don Claudio Loredan and his love for Tacita Mora, the granddaughter of a dying professor. As tensions rise between familial duty and personal desire, the plot unfolds against a backdrop of social expectations and emotional turmoil. The opening of the novel introduces the Loredan family during a midday breakfast, revealing a somber atmosphere fueled by concern for the ill Professor Mora. Don Claudio's silent intensity reflects the conflict between his feelings for Tacita and his mother’s ambitions for him. As the narrative progresses, we witness a poignant confrontation between Don Claudio and his mother regarding his affections for Tacita, hinting at class differences and the overarching theme of love versus duty. The exchange sets the stage for an emotional journey intertwined with deep character introspection and the complexities of societal constraints, while also introducing the influences of love, loss, and secrecy that permeate the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 81.5 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Tincker, Mary Agnes, 1831-1907
EBook No.: 69594
Published: Dec 20, 2022
Downloads: 135
Language: English
Subject: Utopian fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: San Salvador
Original Publication: United States: Houghton, Mifflin and Company,1892.
Credits: Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Summary: "San Salvador" by Mary Agnes Tincker is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story is set in Venice and centers around the Loredan family, particularly focusing on Don Claudio Loredan and his love for Tacita Mora, the granddaughter of a dying professor. As tensions rise between familial duty and personal desire, the plot unfolds against a backdrop of social expectations and emotional turmoil. The opening of the novel introduces the Loredan family during a midday breakfast, revealing a somber atmosphere fueled by concern for the ill Professor Mora. Don Claudio's silent intensity reflects the conflict between his feelings for Tacita and his mother’s ambitions for him. As the narrative progresses, we witness a poignant confrontation between Don Claudio and his mother regarding his affections for Tacita, hinting at class differences and the overarching theme of love versus duty. The exchange sets the stage for an emotional journey intertwined with deep character introspection and the complexities of societal constraints, while also introducing the influences of love, loss, and secrecy that permeate the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 81.5 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Tincker, Mary Agnes, 1831-1907
EBook No.: 69594
Published: Dec 20, 2022
Downloads: 135
Language: English
Subject: Utopian fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.