Dona Luz

In the original Spanish.Do鎙 Luz must abandon her aristocratic life in nineteenth-century Madrid and begin anew in rural Andalusia. What she cannot leave behind is her history: an illegitimate birth that defines who she is and what her future holds. Unwilling to settle for a husband of lesser intellect and sophistication, the lovely Do鎙 Luz announces that she will never marry. As it has for more than a century, the revered style of Spanish writer Juan Valera pulls readers into this novel of love and uncertainty. Does Do鎙 Luz follow the spiritual pull of Father Enrique or the sensual attraction of Don Jaime Pimental? A novel that has been enjoyed since its first publication in 1879Do鎙 Luz debe abandonar su vida aristocr嫢ica en el Madrid del siglo XIX y comenzar de nuevo en la Andaluc燰 rural. Lo que no puede dejar atr嫳 es su historia: un nacimiento ileg癃imo que define qui幯 es ella y lo que le depara su futuro. Sin querer conformarse con un marido de menor intelecto y sofisticaci鏮, la encantadora Do鎙 Luz anuncia que nunca se casar? Como lo ha hecho durante m嫳 de un siglo, el venerado estilo del escritor espa隳l Juan Valera atrae a los lectores a esta novela de amor e incertidumbre. Do鎙 Luz sigue el impulso espiritual del padre Enrique o la atracci鏮 sensual de don Jaime Pimental? Una novela que se ha disfrutado desde su primera publicaci鏮 en 1879.