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Juanita la Larga
Juan Valera
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Description for Juanita la Larga
Paperback. A novel with a female protagonist, this work unfolds in a small town in nineteenth-century Spain and tells the story of a young girl's romance with a wealthy widower many years her senior. They must contend with the indignation of his imperious married daughter, the public rebuke of a churchman, and the strictures of society. Translator(s): Fedorchek, Robert M. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations , ports. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 417.
Juanita La Larga (1896), the third of Juan Valera's eponymous novels with a female protagonist, unfolds in a small town in nineteenth-century Spain and tells the story of a young girl's romance with a wealthy widower many years her senior. In addition to their substantial difference in years and class, the lovers must contend with the indignation of his imperious married daughter, the public rebuke of a churchman, and the strictures of society. As the novel opens, readers are introduced to Juanita in the exuberance of youth. We witness her maturation into a young woman and along the way we ... Read more
Juanita La Larga (1896), the third of Juan Valera's eponymous novels with a female protagonist, unfolds in a small town in nineteenth-century Spain and tells the story of a young girl's romance with a wealthy widower many years her senior. In addition to their substantial difference in years and class, the lovers must contend with the indignation of his imperious married daughter, the public rebuke of a churchman, and the strictures of society. As the novel opens, readers are introduced to Juanita in the exuberance of youth. We witness her maturation into a young woman and along the way we ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813214351
SKU
V9780813214351
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99-50
About Juan Valera
Robert M. Fedorchek is professor emeritus of Spanish at Fairfield University. He has translated into English more than a dozen books of Spanish literature, among them Stories of Enchantment from Nineteenth-Century Spain, the Duke of Rivas's Don Alvaro, or the Force of Fate, and Juan Valera's Dona Luz. Noel Valis, professor of Spanish at Yale University, is the author of ... Read more
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