Project Gutenberg 2005-08-02 Public domain in the USA. 98 Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente 1867 1928 Ibáñez, Vicente Blasco Blasco Ibanez, Vicente Arroz y tartana Reading ease score: 49.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Chuck Greif "Arroz y tartana" by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story immerses the reader in the vibrant atmosphere of the Valencia market during the Christmas season, focusing on the experiences of the central character, doña Manuela, who is on a shopping expedition full of nostalgia and memories of her past as a shopkeeper. At the start of the novel, doña Manuela navigates through the lively market, reflecting on her memories while engaging in a series of purchases for the Christmas feast. Accompanied by her cocher and maid, she encounters the bustling crowd, rich descriptions of various stalls, and lively vendors, which evoke a chaotic yet festive environment. Throughout her shopping, interactions with her brother, don Juan, reveal family dynamics marked by contrasting attitudes towards wealth and poverty, while her sentiments reflect both pride and a sense of loss as she grapples with her memories of better times spent in her own shop, "Las Tres Rosas." (This is an automatically generated summary.) es Spanish fiction PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 596576 596577 2024-10-07T10:18:03.962522 2023-09-07T10:52:53.844936 text/html text/html 667770 2020-12-12T07:41:45 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 236824 2020-12-12T07:41:45 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 307660 2024-10-07T10:18:13.346506 application/epub+zip 314803 2024-10-07T10:18:07.103567 application/epub+zip 293365 2024-10-07T10:18:05.835535 application/epub+zip 546221 2024-10-07T10:18:18.256465 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 522543 2024-10-07T10:18:12.580483 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 497655 2022-09-08T05:15:06.606364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 580161 580155 2024-10-07T10:18:02.866537 2023-09-07T10:52:53.042918 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 568183 2020-12-12T07:41:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 224881 2020-12-12T07:41:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 7555891 2005-08-02T17:56:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 20777 2024-10-07T10:18:18.386446 application/rdf+xml 13923 2024-10-07T10:18:06.386529 image/jpeg 3579 2024-10-07T10:18:06.109516 image/jpeg 302622 2024-10-07T10:18:04.021561 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