I held off on my regular writeup until my assignment was finished, but im a bit surprised that i havent already covered this novel since ive been assigned it three times in the last six years. In the story, sab, a mulato slavewho is in love with carlota, the white daughter of his masteris the main character. When she was nine years old her father died and her mother remarried. This story of a slaves unrequited love for the woman who possessed him is set in 19thcentury colonial cuba. The main character in the book is sab he is a slave but is also the son of the patron, he just doesnt know it yet.
Spanishlanguage literature, writing poetry, plays, novels, and essays. It is the only known feminist and abolitionist novel published during the 19th. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. The pain and struggle of his secret passion for carlota leads sab to his own death, which occurs in the same hour as carlotas wedding with enrique otway. Albin, megan corbin, and raul marrerofente part ii. Avellanedas life born in cuba on march 23, 1814, died february 1, 1873 came from a noble background of wealthy spaniards was an avid reader and learner from early childhood wrote poems and plays from a young age 2. Summary an aristocratic cuban woman tells an impassioned story of the fatal love of a mulatto slave for his white owners daughter. The first antislavery novel in the americas 6 nothing to hide. Descargar libro gratis en pdf, epub, mobi o leer online en.
Author of original novels, short stories and drama, she wrote sab 18361841, considered the first cuban novel about slavery in the island. Author of original novels, short stories and drama, she wrote sab. So, if you are really into reading, 23 hours are enough to read this interesting novel. She was the author of a pioneering abolitionist novel, sab 1841, as well as novels on mexicos aztec past and a protofeminist novel dos mujeres 1842. I held off on my regular writeup until my assignment was finished, but im a bit surprised that i havent already covered this novel. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it.
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