THE MARQUIS OF PEÑALTA
Nathan Haskell Dole translation
(MARTA Y MARÍA):
A Realistic Social Novel
BY DON ARMANDO PALACIO VALDÉS.
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TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH BY NATHAN HASKELL DOLE.
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NEW YORK: THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO., No. 13 Astor Place.
Copyright, 1886, BY T. Y. CROWELL & CO.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Author's Prologue 1
CHAPTER I
In the Street5
CHAPTER II
The Soirée at the Elorza Mansion16
CHAPTER III
The Nine Days' Festival of the Sacred Heart of Jesus47
CHAPTER IV
How the Marquis of Peñalta was converted into Duke of Thuringen76
CHAPTER V
The Road to Perfection100
CHAPTER VI
In Search of Menino122
CHAPTER VII
Husband or Soul144
CHAPTER VIII
As You Like It161
CHAPTER IX
Excursion to El Moral and the Island178
CHAPTER X
The Excursion Continued195
CHAPTER XI
A Strange Circumstance217
CHAPTER XII
Gathered Threads230
CHAPTER XIII
In which are told the Labors of a Christian Virgin257
CHAPTER XIV
Pallida Mors281
CHAPTER XV
Let Us Rejoice, Beloved303
CHAPTER XVI
The Marquis of Peñalta's Dream325