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1) The Catalans
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English
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Alan Roig returns to Saint-Feliu after years in the East, and finds his family in crisis. His dour, middle-aged cousin Xavier, a most powerful citizen of the town, has fallen in love and plans to marry the young daughter of the local grocer. The Roig family property is threatened by this union, and Madeleine's relatives object on different grounds. Xavier is a tragic figure: Madeleine is to be his salvation. Unfortunately she does not return his
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"Upon his 1829 arrival in Granada, Spain, American author Washington Irving was immediately charmed by the city's beauty and picturesque qualities. While researching a book on the conquest of Granada, he gained access to the Alhambra Palace, which had fallen into disrepair after years of neglect. Irving became a guest at the ancient fortress, where he found himself in the company of several colorful inhabitants. During his sojourn, the writer became...
4) Don Quixote
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English
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Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. This Modern Library edition presents the acclaimed Samuel Putnam translation of the epic tale, complete with notes, variant readings, and an Introduction by the translator." Don Quixote is practically unthinkable as a living being," said novelist Milan Kundera....
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Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Co
Pub. Date
1999
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English
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A murder mystery in 1886 Madrid featuring an old fencing master who still teaches in the age of the pistol. He is famous for his unstoppable thrust and one day a beautiful woman arrives asking he teach it to her. The novel traces their relationship. By the author of The Flanders Panel.
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Library of America volume 52
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Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press
Pub. Date
[1991]
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English
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Suma de letras
Pub. Date
2020.
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Español
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Valeria es escritora de historias de amor. Valeria vive el amor de forma sublime. Valeria tiene tres amigas: Nerea, Carmen y Lola. Valeria vive en Madrid. Valeria ama a Adrián hasta que conoce a Víctor. Valeria necesita sincerarse consigo misma. Valeria llora, Valeria ríe, Valeria camina... Pero el sexo, el amor y los hombres no son objetivos fáciles. Valeria es especial. Como tú.
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Español
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Having an immediate success when first published 400 years ago, and with its experimental form and literary playfulness, Don Quixote has been recognized as the world's first modern novel. Don Quixote tells the story of a middle-aged Spanish gentleman who, obsessed with the chivalrous ideals found in romantic books, decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless, destroy the wicked, and win the heart of his beloved Dulcinea. Seated upon...
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The story follows the adventures of a noble (hidalgo) named Alonso Quixano who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to become a knight-errant (caballero andante), reviving chivalry and serving his country, under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthy wit in dealing with Don Quixote's rhetorical orations on antiquated knighthood....
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University of North Texas
Pub. Date
c1998
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English
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An American professor searches a Spanish tourist resort for his son, who earns his living painting portraits of tourists. In the process, the professor observes the deterioration of the island since his last visit two decades earlier. A first novel.
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Easy readers = Lecturas faciles volume B
Publisher
Aschehoug
Pub. Date
1973
Language
Español
Description
Presents the adventures of Shanti, a Basque sea captain, and his search to find the truth about his uncle.
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