El amor, el dandysmo y la intriga by Pío Baroja
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"El amor, el dandysmo y la intriga" by Pío Baroja is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds through the eyes of the main character, Leguía, as he reflects on his past while recuperating in a remote Swiss village. Central to the narrative is Leguía's relationship with Aviraneta, an adventurous and reckless figure embroiled in the intrigues of political dissent during a tumultuous period in Spanish history. At
the start of the novel, Leguía begins his memoirs in a quaint home in the Engadine, where he contemplates his health and the memories of his youth. He reminisces about his travels with Aviraneta, a secretive man tasked with espionage against the Carlists. Their conversations reveal a dangerous mission involving gathering intelligence on the political tensions in Basque territories and establishing contacts among key figures in the region. As Leguía prepares to navigate his own role in these events, the narrative hints at the complexities of political loyalty and the tension between factual history and personal experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Baroja, Pío, 1872-1956 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 29000819 |
| Title | El amor, el dandysmo y la intriga |
| Credits |
Produced by Carlos Colón, Princeton University and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | Spanish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Aviraneta e Ibargoyen, Eugenio de, 1792-1872 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 61189 |
| Release Date | Jan 17, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 454 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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