El amor, el dandysmo y la intriga

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El amor, el dandysmo y la intriga

by Pío Baroja

ES·~7 hours·1 chapter

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In a solitary, wind‑swept house perched above the Swiss valleys, the narrator begins a restless chronicle that feels part diary, part adventure. He paints the gray sky, the relentless rain, and the silent mountain silhouettes with such precision that listeners can almost hear the creaking of the old wooden panes and the distant toll of a church bell. From this quiet refuge he vows to retrieve the fragmented memories of a youth spent between the Basque hills and the bustling streets of Madrid, setting the stage for a tale that intertwines personal longing with the restless energy of a dandy’s heart.

The story promises a blend of sharp wit, romantic entanglements, and the subtle machinations of early‑twentieth‑century intrigue. As the memoirist recalls his first loves, daring escapades, and the people who shaped his impulsive spirit, the narrative balances lyrical description with a keen eye for the social games of the era. Listeners will be drawn into a world where the line between sincere affection and calculated intrigue glimmers like the alpine sun—briefly, but memorably.

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Language

es

Duration

~7 hours (454K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Carlos Colón, Princeton University and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Release date

2020-01-17

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Pío Baroja

Pío Baroja

1872–1956

A leading voice of Spain’s Generation of ’98, he wrote sharp, restless novels that looked hard at modern life and the people pushed to its edges. Before literature took over, he even trained and worked as a doctor for a short time.

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