El Verdugo by Honoré de Balzac
"El Verdugo" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story published in 1830. Set during the Peninsular War in Spanish-occupied territory, it follows a French officer in love with a Spanish noblewoman whose family leads an uprising against his garrison. When the French retake the town, the commanding general orders brutal executions of the rebel leaders. A father must make an impossible bargain to spare one son, forcing a terrible choice that
will haunt the family forever and test the limits of duty and survival. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
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| Translator | Wormeley, Katharine Prescott, 1830-1908 |
| Title | El Verdugo |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Verdugo_(short_story) |
| Credits | Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 70.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 1425 |
| Release Date | Nov 2, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Apr 4, 2013 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 304 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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