Sab (novela original) by Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
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"Sab (novela original)" by Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda is a novel written in 1841 during the Romantic period. Set in nineteenth-century Cuba amid independence struggles, the story centers on Sab, a mulatto slave who secretly loves Carlota, his master's white daughter. Unaware of his feelings, Carlota plans to marry a greedy merchant interested only in her dowry. Through this forbidden love story, Avellaneda denounces the Cuban slave system and explores themes of
race, oppression, and the transformative power of love that transcends social boundaries. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Gómez de Avellaneda, Gertrudis, 1814-1873 |
|---|---|
| Title | Sab (novela original) |
| Original Publication | Paris: Agencia general de librería, 1920. |
| Note | Wikipedia page on this work: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sab_(novela) |
| Credits | Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 48.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Spanish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Slavery -- Fiction |
| Subject | Love stories |
| Subject | Cuba -- Fiction |
| Subject | Enslaved persons -- Fiction |
| Subject | Sugar plantations -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 75126 |
| Release Date | Jan 17, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 429 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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