The four horsemen of the Apocalypse. [Los cuatro jinetes del Apocalipsis] from the Spanish of Vincente Blasco Ibañez; authorized translation by Charlotte Brewster Jordan

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. [Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis] From the Spanish of Vincente Blasco Ibañez; Authorized Translation by Charlotte Brewster Jordan

History

BLASCO IBÁÑEZ, Vicente

Middle East

Franklin Classics

Blood and Sand

Literature & Fiction

UNKNO

Mare Nostrum / Our Sea

"What do you want to be?" Labarta asked his godson. His mother's supplicating glance seemed desperately to implore the little fellow: "Say Archbishop, my king." For the good señora, her son could not make his début in any other way than in a church career. The notary always used to speak very positively from his own viewpoint, without consulting the interested party. He would be an eminent jurisconsult; thousands of dollars were going to roll toward him as though they were pennies; he was going to figure in university solemnities in a cloak of crimson satin and an academic cap announcing from its multiple sides the tasseled glory of the doctorate. The students in his lecture-room would listen to him most respectfully. Who knew what the government of his country might not have in store for him. . . ! Ulysses interrupted these images of future grandeur: "I want to be a captain." The poet approved. He felt the unreflective enthusiasm which all pacific and sedentary beings have for the plume and the sword. At the mere sight of a uniform his soul always thrilled with the amorous tenderness of a child's nurse when she finds herself courted by a soldier. "Fine!" said Labarta. "Captain of what. . . ? Of artillery. . . ? Of the staff. . . ?" A pause. "No; captain of a ship." Don Esteban looked up at the roof, raising his hands in horror. He well knew who was guilty of this ridiculous idea, the one who had put such absurd longings in his son's head!

Mare Nostrum

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Wildside Pr

Set in Valencia, a poverty stricken city on the coast of Spain, this novel portrays the struggle of the common man against his environment. Based on the author's first hand experience in this area, the story centres around three generations of a poor Valencian family (circa 1900) who are as divided in their views on how to get along in this hostile world as any three individuals can be. The old grandfather, pampered by the villagers and extremely pig-headed, sees fishing, along with a little illegal hunting on the side, as the only means of maintaining one's dignity. His son, on the other hand, who is blessed with high intelligence, as well as with a powerful physique, looks upon fishing and especially upon illegal hunting as degrading, and sees emancipation only in land cultivation. But land is more easily yearned for than acquired. The grandson, strong, handsome, and brash, looks upon fishing with loathing and upon cultivation as unrewarding labour. This, however leaves him with nothing, causing him to become involved where he can bring pain not only to others, but also to himself.

Reeds and Mud

Genre Fiction

Branden Pub. Co

Julio does not feel obligated to fight for France, his adopted homeland, in World War I, but after a disappointing affair he enlists

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Carroll & Graf Pub.

La catedral; novela (Spanish Edition)

Classics

Legare Street Press

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Woman Triumphant: (La Maja Desnuda)

Literary

Originally published in 1919. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.

The Shadow of the Cathedral: A Novel (1919)

Cornell University Library

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Nabu Press

Los cuatro jinetes del Apocalipsis (novela) (Spanish Edition)

Europe

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