Life in MexicoUniversity of California Press, 1982 M09 30 - 550 páginas Originally published in 1843, Fanny Calderon de la Barca, gives her spirited account of living in Mexico–from her travels with her husband through Mexico as the Spanish diplomat to the daily struggles with finding good help–Fanny gives the reader an enlivened picture of the life and times of a country still struggling with independence. |
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Página 7
... short preface by Prescott warmly recommending the book, is an edited version of the letters, selecting those of greater interest and deleting passages or comments that Fanny decided most likely to cause serious offence or about which ...
... short preface by Prescott warmly recommending the book, is an edited version of the letters, selecting those of greater interest and deleting passages or comments that Fanny decided most likely to cause serious offence or about which ...
Página 8
... short term as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. The fall of the government in ]uly 1854 led to a period of exile in Paris. When the pair returned to Madrid, Don Angel became a senator in the Cortes. He died in 1861. Fanny remained ...
... short term as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. The fall of the government in ]uly 1854 led to a period of exile in Paris. When the pair returned to Madrid, Don Angel became a senator in the Cortes. He died in 1861. Fanny remained ...
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... short metre, doled out by the parish clerk. I wish Madame A—- were singing it instead of he. “By the mark three, less a quarter." To this tune, the only sound breaking the stillness of the night, I dropped to sleep. The captain passed ...
... short metre, doled out by the parish clerk. I wish Madame A—- were singing it instead of he. “By the mark three, less a quarter." To this tune, the only sound breaking the stillness of the night, I dropped to sleep. The captain passed ...
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... short sleeves, and flowers in their hair; well-dressed, martial-looking Spanish soldiers marching by, and making tolerably free remarks on the ladies in the volantes. . . . We had a visit from the Captain-General. In the evening we went ...
... short sleeves, and flowers in their hair; well-dressed, martial-looking Spanish soldiers marching by, and making tolerably free remarks on the ladies in the volantes. . . . We had a visit from the Captain-General. In the evening we went ...
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... very late, enjoying the moonlight and refreshing breeze from the sea, and as we rise before daybreak, our rest will be but short. LETTER THE FIFTH Departure from Vera Cruz—Sandhills—Oriental SceneManga de Claoo—-General LIFE IN MEXICO 43.
... very late, enjoying the moonlight and refreshing breeze from the sea, and as we rise before daybreak, our rest will be but short. LETTER THE FIFTH Departure from Vera Cruz—Sandhills—Oriental SceneManga de Claoo—-General LIFE IN MEXICO 43.
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January to June 1840 | 79 |
July to December 1840 | 229 |
January to June 1841 | 303 |
July to December 1841 | 385 |
January to April 1842 | 527 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Life in Mexico Madame Calderón de la Barca (Frances Erskine Inglis),Frances Calderón de La Barca Sin vista previa disponible - 2010 |
Life In Mexico Frances Calderón de la Barca,Madame Calderon de la Barca Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |
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