Cecilia Valdes or El Angel Hill:
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Main Author: Villaverde, Cirilo 1812-1894 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press, USA 2005
Series:Library of Latin America
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Item Description:Contents; Series Editors' General Introduction; Introduction; About This Translation; Cecilia Valdés; Dedication; Prologue; Notes; Bibliography
Cecilia Valdes is arguably the most important novel of 19th century Cuba. Originally published in New York City in 1882, Cirilo Villaverde's novel has fascinated readers inside and outside Cuba since the late 19th century. In this new English translation, a vast landscape emerges of the moral, political, and sexual depravity caused by slavery and colonialism. Set in the Havana of the 1830s, the novel introduces us to Cecilia, a beautiful light-skinned mulatta, who is being pursued by the son of a Spanish slave trader, named Leonardo. Unbeknownst to the two, they are the children of the same fa
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (544 pages)
ISBN:0199725233
1282270613
9780199725236
9781282270619

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