Project Gutenberg 2011-12-13 Public domain in the USA. 45 Palacio Valdés, Armando 1853 1938 Valdés, Armando Palacio Palacio Valdes, Armando Smith, Minna Caroline 1860 1929 La alegría del capitán Ribot. English The Joy of Captain Ribot Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "The Joy of Captain Ribot" by Armando Palacio Valdés is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds in the picturesque coastal city of Valencia, Spain, and revolves around Captain Ribot, a ship captain who navigates between Barcelona and Hamburg. This narrative promises a rich exploration of human relationships, ideals, and the vibrant Mediterranean culture, with a particular emphasis on the innocent joys and complexities of life as experienced by Ribot and the people he encounters, including the lovely Cristina and her mother. The opening of the novel introduces Captain Ribot as he arrives in Gijón, excited for a meal crafted by his beloved cook, Señora Ramona. However, an unexpected rescue mission interrupts his culinary anticipation when he leaps into action to save a woman from drowning. Following their escape from danger, a connection forms between Ribot and the young woman’s daughter, Doña Cristina. Throughout the initial chapters, the mix of light-heartedness and romantic tension emerges as the captain grapples with emotions and circumstances surrounding his interactions with Cristina, setting the stage for deeper explorations of love, obligation, and the beauty of life intertwined with the themes of familial bonds and societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38293/38293-h/images/cover.jpg en Spanish fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 400473 400481 2024-09-16T07:38:47.042426 2023-09-16T13:43:31.629603 text/html text/html 403081 2011-12-13T10:52:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 453620 2011-12-13T10:53:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 459850 2024-09-16T07:38:52.337397 application/epub+zip 466360 2024-09-16T07:38:47.700462 application/epub+zip 213427 2024-09-16T07:38:47.360418 application/epub+zip 602766 2024-09-16T07:38:56.345365 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 571178 2024-09-16T07:38:51.970408 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317627 2022-09-17T13:06:58.759820 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 378548 378385 2024-09-16T07:38:46.208415 2023-09-16T13:43:31.010582 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 377995 2011-12-13T10:52:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 145233 2011-12-13T10:53:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 377989 2011-12-13T10:53:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 145138 2011-12-13T10:53:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20966 2024-09-16T07:38:56.494368 application/rdf+xml 23837 2024-09-16T07:38:47.446426 image/jpeg 4327 2024-09-16T07:38:47.403429 image/jpeg 453206 2024-09-16T07:38:47.087434 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 es.wikipedia en.wikipedia