Pepita Jiménez by Juan Valera
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"Pepita Jiménez" by Juan Valera is a novel published in 1874. A young seminarian returns to his Andalusian village for vacation before taking his vows, only to meet Pepita Jiménez, a twenty-year-old widow his father intends to marry. Through pastoral walks and intimate conversations, the devout young man feels his religious calling waver as an unexpected passion awakens. This psychological novel explores the conflict between spiritual devotion and natural desire, questioning whether
love represents sin or life's truest calling. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Valera, Juan, 1824-1905 |
|---|---|
| Title | Pepita Jiménez |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepita_Jim%C3%A9nez |
| Credits | Produced by Chuck Greif |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 58.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | Spanish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Widows -- Fiction |
| Subject | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
| Subject | Spain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | Seminarians -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 17223 |
| Release Date | Dec 4, 2005 |
| Last Update | Dec 13, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 519 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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