In the original Spanish.Do�a Luz must abandon her aristocratic life in nineteenth-century Madrid and begin anew in rural Andalusia. What she cannot leave behind is her history: an illegitimate birth that defines who she is and what her future holds. Unwilling to settle for a husband of lesser intellect and sophistication, the lovely Do�a Luz announces that she will never marry. As it has for more than a century, the revered style of Spanish writer Juan Valera pulls readers into this novel of love and uncertainty. Does ...
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In the original Spanish.Do�a Luz must abandon her aristocratic life in nineteenth-century Madrid and begin anew in rural Andalusia. What she cannot leave behind is her history: an illegitimate birth that defines who she is and what her future holds. Unwilling to settle for a husband of lesser intellect and sophistication, the lovely Do�a Luz announces that she will never marry. As it has for more than a century, the revered style of Spanish writer Juan Valera pulls readers into this novel of love and uncertainty. Does Do�a Luz follow the spiritual pull of Father Enrique or the sensual attraction of Don Jaime Pimental? A novel that has been enjoyed since its first publication in 1879Do�a Luz debe abandonar su vida aristocr�tica en el Madrid del siglo XIX y comenzar de nuevo en la Andaluc�a rural. Lo que no puede dejar atr�s es su historia: un nacimiento ileg�timo que define qui�n es ella y lo que le depara su futuro. Sin querer conformarse con un marido de menor intelecto y sofisticaci�n, la encantadora Do�a Luz anuncia que nunca se casar�. Como lo ha hecho durante m�s de un siglo, el venerado estilo del escritor espa�ol Juan Valera atrae a los lectores a esta novela de amor e incertidumbre. �Do�a Luz sigue el impulso espiritual del padre Enrique o la atracci�n sensual de don Jaime Pimental? Una novela que se ha disfrutado desde su primera publicaci�n en 1879.
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