Cecilia Valdés o la Loma del Ángel by Cirilo Villaverde
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"Cecilia Valdés o la Loma del Ángel" by Cirilo Villaverde is a novel first published in 1839 and revised in 1882. Set in 1830s colonial Havana, it tells the story of Cecilia, a beautiful mulatta who falls in love with Leonardo, unaware they share the same father. Their forbidden romance unfolds against Cuba's complex racial and social hierarchies, leading to betrayal, revenge, and tragedy. This sweeping portrait of Cuban society explores the
intricate relationships between whites, mulattos, and enslaved and free blacks in a deeply divided world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Villaverde, Cirilo, 1812-1894 |
|---|---|
| Title | Cecilia Valdés o la Loma del Ángel |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Vald%C3%A9s Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Vald%C3%A9s_(novela) |
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Produced by Chuck Greif, Víctor Moné and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 61.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | Spanish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Cuba -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 28281 |
| Release Date | Mar 8, 2009 |
| Last Update | Jan 4, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2053 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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