Torn from the nest / Clorinda Matto de Turner ; translated from the Spanish by John H.R. Polt ; edited and with a foreword and chronology by Antonio Cornejo Polar.
Includes bibliographical references (pages xlvii-xlix).
Summary
In the Andean mountain community of Killac, Lucia and Don Fernando MarĂn become advocates for the local Indians who are being exploited by the priest, the governor, and the gentry. "After a romance blossoms between a member of the gentry and the peasant girl that Lucia and Don Fernando have adopted, a dreadful secret prevents their marriage and brings to a climax the novel's exposure of degradation."--Jacket.
Note
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Contents
Cover; Contents; Series Editors' Introduction; Translator's Note; Foreword; Notes to the Foreword; Chronology of Clorinda Matto de Turner; Bibliography; Torn from the Nest; Author's Preface; Part I; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; Part II; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32;