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The narrative opens at a sprawling rural hacienda where a weary, poorly dressed traveler seeks food and lodging and meets a surly gatekeeper, whose gruff welcome reveals how hospitality is shaped by hierarchy and custom. The plot moves between bustling courtyards and richly described fields, orchards, and nearby mining works, sketching the estate economy and daily routines. Interactions among servants, proprietors, and visitors expose social tensions and secrets, and an increasing sense of dread and impending violence disrupts the household, driving the story toward a dramatic confrontation.

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Title: Chata and Chinita: A Novel

Author: Laura Preston

Release date: January 12, 2021 [eBook #64269]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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Chata and Chinita

A Novel
BY
LOUISE PALMER HEAVEN
BOSTON
ROBERTS BROTHERS
1889
Copyright, 1889,
By Louise Palmer Heaven.

All rights reserved.
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.
CHATA AND CHINITA.