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A melancholy aristocrat, haunted by a lost love, receives a desperate letter from Concha, a woman he once adored and who now lies dying in a remote palace. The missive, scented with violet and sorrow, pulls him from his hunting grounds into a vortex of longing, prayer, and guilt. As he wrestles with memories of shared moments in grand halls, his heart is torn between the fervent devotion he feels and the fear of eternal remorse.
Compelled to act, he embarks on a bleak journey across the Castilian landscape, passing austere monasteries and desolate fields shrouded in mist. Along the way, the solemn sisters of Concha’s family offer fragile comfort, while the looming presence of the rosary and the looming death of his beloved deepen his inner conflict. The narrative weaves together sensual nostalgia, religious restraint, and the stark beauty of an autumnal Spain, inviting listeners to linger in the echo of a love that refuses to fade even as death approaches.
Language
es
Duration
~4 hours (261K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Chuck Greif, Broward County Libraries and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2014-07-03
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1866–1936
A fiercely original voice in modern Spanish literature, he helped reshape drama and fiction with bold, satirical works that still feel startlingly alive. Best known for pushing theater toward the grotesque and the visionary, he remains one of Spain’s most distinctive writers.
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