Black Valley (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Gustavo Adolfo Martínez Zuviría
- First Published: 1918
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Regional romance
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: Cordoba and the hill country of northern Argentina
- Principal Characters: Gracian Palma, Don Jesus de Viscarra, Mirra, Flavia, Don PabloCamargo, Victoria, Lazarus, Amoroso, Pichana
- Genres: Long fiction, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Twentieth century, Rural or country life, Storms, Illegitimacy, Argentina or Argentineans, Orphans or orphanages
- Locales: Argentina
The Story:
Gracian Palma was in his fourteenth year when his father died suddenly, and the boy, already motherless, became the ward of Senor Palma’s old and trusted friend, Don Jesus de Viscarra. Gracian had seen Don Jesus only once in his life; he remembered him as a tall, distinguished-looking man whom his father described as the owner of Black Valley—“where the wind roars,” his father had added. To Gracian these words seemed to cast an air of mystery about Don Jesus and his home.
Shortly after Senor Palma’s death, Don Jesus visited Gracian at the convent...
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