Project Gutenberg 2004-09-24 Public domain in the USA. 72 Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente 1867 1928 Ibáñez, Vicente Blasco Blasco Ibanez, Vicente La Tierra de Todos Reading ease score: 53.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Stan Goodman, Paz Barrios and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "La Tierra de Todos" by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez is a novel written during the early 20th century. The book introduces readers to the lives of the Marqués de Torrebianca and his wife, Elena, who are living in an extravagant yet perilous financial situation that creates tensions in their relationship. As they navigate the complexities of their lifestyle, the marquis grapples with his honor and mounting debts, while Elena embodies the seductive allure and capricious demands of their social status. The opening of the novel begins with the marquis feeling distressed as he sorts through a pile of letters, revealing his unease about their debts and the extravagant lifestyle maintained by his wife, who delights in social events despite the looming financial crisis. Through his reflections on his family's past and a letter from his mother, we learn of a decaying ancestral estate in Italy that symbolizes lost glory. The narrative introduces the marquis's friend, Manuel Robledo, who represents a contrasting life of adventure and promise, highlighting the stark differences between the couple's superficial existence in Paris and Robledo's ambitious but uncertain endeavors in South America. As the marquis's engagements with Elena and Robledo unfold, the implications of their choices and the burdens of their past become central themes in this richly woven tale. (This is an automatically generated summary.) es Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction Spanish fiction Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 660253 660137 2024-10-06T08:23:10.867973 2023-10-06T09:29:01.550477 text/html text/html 660246 660130 2024-10-06T08:23:11.188977 2023-10-06T09:29:01.778463 text/html text/html 311033 2024-10-06T08:23:20.437905 application/epub+zip 321199 2024-10-06T08:23:13.387998 application/epub+zip 321199 2024-10-06T08:23:12.016996 application/epub+zip 564038 2024-10-06T08:23:26.029904 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 526778 2024-10-06T08:23:19.607959 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 503216 2022-09-07T02:35:43.289830 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 600105 600040 2024-10-06T08:23:10.125970 2023-10-06T09:29:01.153451 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 584973 2020-12-18T06:51:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 223769 2020-12-18T06:51:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 584972 2020-12-18T06:51:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 219265 2020-12-18T06:51:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22243 2024-10-06T08:23:26.166879 application/rdf+xml 12043 2024-10-06T08:23:12.628969 image/jpeg 3079 2024-10-06T08:23:12.356962 image/jpeg 304780 2024-10-06T08:23:11.249971 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia es.wikipedia