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Widely acknowledged as the first Chilean novel, Martin Rivas (1862) by Alberto Blest Gana (1830-1920) is at once a passionate love story and an optimistic representation of Chilean nationhood. Written shortly after a decade of civil conflict, it is an indispensable source for... Read Full Overview

Alberto Blest Gana (1830-1920) fue un novelista y diplom tico chileno, considerado el padre de la novela chilena. Blest Gana era descendiente de irlandes s y vascos.Entre sus obras m s conocidas se encuentran La aritm tica del amor (1860), Mart n Rivas (1862), El ideal de un... Read Full Overview

Arguably the most widely read work of Chilean Literature, Mart n Rivas (1862) by Alberto Blest Gana (1830-1920) is at once a passionate love story and a keenly observed portrait of the manners and customs of nineteenth-century Chile.
Mart n Rivas, an impoverished but... Read Full Overview

Mart n Rivas (1862) is a novel by Alberto Blest Gana. Regarded as the first Chilean novel, Mart n Rivas is a powerful story of romance, class, and national unity from an author who served for decades as a diplomat and ambassador for Chile. Inspired by the social realism... Read Full Overview

Mart n Rivas (1862) is a novel by Alberto Blest Gana. Regarded as the first Chilean novel, Mart n Rivas is a powerful story of romance, class, and national unity from an author who served for decades as a diplomat and ambassador for Chile. Inspired by the social realism... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Mart n Rivas es una novela chilena del g nero realista del siglo XIX, escrita por el novelista y diplom tico chileno Alberto Blest Gana, y publicada en 1862. Es considerada como la primera novela escrita en Chile.Es posible catalogarla como una novela hist rica, dada su forma... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

Mart n Rivas es una novela chilena del g nero realista del siglo XIX, escrita por el novelista y diplom tico chileno Alberto Blest Gana, y publicada en 1862. Es considerada como la primera novela escrita en Chile.1 Es posible catalogarla como una novela hist rica, dada su forma... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Desde su inicio esta novela muestra su estilo realista y expone los conflictos de Mart n Rivas, reci n llegado a Santiago de Chile con la intenci n de abrirse mundo.

A principios del mes de julio de 1850, atravesaba la puerta de la calle de una hermosa casa... Read Full Overview