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In the cloistered halls of a Jesuit boarding school, the routine of prayers and discipline is shattered by the sudden appearance of a stranger. His sharp, un‑religious accent and daring demand to see the mother superior set the seasoned brother‑porter on edge, while the veteran monk Andrés watches the newcomer with a mix of suspicion and curiosity. The visitor’s rugged features and militaristic bearing hint at a past tangled with the restless politics of a nation on the brink of change.
As whispers of liberal conspiracies circulate among the monks, the school becomes a pressure cooker of hidden agendas and secret loyalties. Andrés finds himself torn between his duty to guard the sacred walls and a growing urge to uncover what lies behind the stranger’s enigmatic smile. The tension builds toward a confrontation that could expose the fragile balance between faith and the tumult of a new era.
Language
es
Duration
~6 hours (349K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
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)
Release date
2014-05-30
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1867–1928
A fiery Spanish novelist and political activist, he turned the life of Valencia and the upheavals of his era into vivid, fast-moving fiction. International fame followed when works like The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse reached huge audiences and inspired major film adaptations.
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