The Marquis of PeNalta (Marta y MarIa): A Realistic Social Novel

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Armando Palacio ValdEs

AUTHOR'S PROLOGUE.

CHAPTER I. IN THE STREET.

CHAPTER II. THE SOIREE AT THE ELORZA MANSION.

CHAPTER III. THE NINE DAYS' FESTIVAL OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS.

CHAPTER IV. HOW THE MARQUIS OF PEnALTA WAS CONVERTED INTO DUKE OF THURINGEN.

CHAPTER V. THE ROAD TO PERFECTION.

CHAPTER VI. IN SEARCH OF MENINO.

CHAPTER VII. HUSBAND OR SOUL.

CHAPTER VIII. AS YOU LIKE IT.

CHAPTER IX. EXCURSION TO EL MORAL AND THE ISLAND.

CHAPTER X. THE EXCURSION CONTINUED.

CHAPTER XI. A STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCE.

CHAPTER XII. GATHERED THREADS.

CHAPTER XIII. IN WHICH ARE TOLD THE LABORS OF A CHRISTIAN VIRGIN.

CHAPTER XIV. PALLIDA MORS.

CHAPTER XV. LET US REJOICE, BELOVED.

CHAPTER XVI. THE MARQUIS OF PEnALTA'S DREAM.

(MARTA Y MARÍA):

A Realistic Social Novel

BY

DON ARMANDO PALACIO VALDÉS.



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TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH BY

NATHAN HASKELL DOLE.

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NEW YORK:
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.,
No. 13 Astor Place.

Copyright, 1886,
BY T. Y. CROWELL & CO.



CONTENTS.
PAGE
Author's Prologue 1
CHAPTER I
In the Street 5
CHAPTER II
The SoirÉe at the Elorza Mansion 16
CHAPTER III
The Nine Days' Festival of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus		 47
CHAPTER IV
How the Marquis of PeÑalta was converted into Duke
of Thuringen		 76
CHAPTER V
The Road to Perfection 100
CHAPTER VI
In Search of Menino 122
CHAPTER VII
Husband or Soul 144
CHAPTER VIII
As You Like It 161
CHAPTER IX
Excursion to El Moral and the Island 178
CHAPTER X
The Excursion Continued 195
CHAPTER XI
A Strange Circumstance 217
CHAPTER XII
Gathered Threads 230
CHAPTER XIII
In which are told the Labors of a Christian Virgin 257
CHAPTER XIV
Pallida Mors 281
CHAPTER XV
Let Us Rejoice, Beloved 303
CHAPTER XVI
The Marquis of PeÑalta's Dream 325



THE MARQUIS OF PEÑALTA.

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