Project Gutenberg 2008-10-27 Public domain in the USA. 119 Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente 1867 1928 Ibáñez, Vicente Blasco Blasco Ibanez, Vicente Douglas, Frances 1870 1969 19003786 The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan Reading ease score: 67.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Chuck Greif, Brett Fishburne, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Dead Command" by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Jaime Febrer, the last scion of an ancient noble family that has fallen into poverty while grappling with the legacy of its former glory. The narrative delves deeply into themes of heritage, social class, and the weight of family expectations, setting the stage for Jaime's complex journey. At the start of "The Dead Command," we meet Jaime Febrer in his dilapidated ancestral palace in Majorca, where he struggles with feelings of isolation and despair over his family's lost fortune. After a restless night marked by gambling losses, he is determined to visit the charming village of Valldemosa to pursue a life-changing decision: marrying a woman from a socially stigmatized background, a "Chueta." His conversation with his faithful servant, Antonia, reveals not only his dwindling prospects but also the societal tensions between old noble families and emerging social classes. As Jaime prepares for this journey, the opening deftly illustrates both the grandeur of his family's past and the harsh reality of their present situation, setting the tone for the conflicts to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Spanish fiction -- Translations into English Majorca (Spain) -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 631738 631597 2024-10-11T12:54:56.740106 2023-09-12T05:42:27.319767 text/html text/html 632522 2008-10-27T15:12:11 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 248749 2008-10-27T15:14:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 318513 2024-10-11T12:55:06.143101 application/epub+zip 327510 2024-10-11T12:54:59.839070 application/epub+zip 319912 2024-10-11T12:54:58.486064 application/epub+zip 551307 2024-10-11T12:55:11.343078 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 532885 2024-10-11T12:55:05.318084 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 512476 2022-09-12T12:39:51.337788 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 615602 615508 2024-10-11T12:54:55.804090 2023-09-12T05:42:26.612745 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 614887 2008-10-27T15:07:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 237608 2008-10-27T15:07:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 614900 2008-10-27T15:07:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 237416 2008-10-27T15:07:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22640 2024-10-11T12:55:12.561010 application/rdf+xml 12831 2024-10-11T12:54:59.044062 image/jpeg 3363 2024-10-11T12:54:58.763061 image/jpeg 316105 2024-10-11T12:54:56.799094 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