Doña Clarines y Mañana de Sol   By: Serafin Alvarez Quintero (1871-1938)

Doña Clarines y Mañana de Sol is a captivating story set in a small Spanish village, filled with vivid characters and rich descriptions of rural life. The authors, Serafin Alvarez Quintero, have crafted a beautiful tale that explores themes of love, betrayal, and redemption.

The character of Doña Clarines is particularly compelling, as she navigates the challenges and triumphs of daily life with grace and resilience. The authors have done an excellent job of creating a complex and relatable protagonist, whose struggles and triumphs will resonate with readers.

The setting of the story is also beautifully rendered, with the authors painting a vivid picture of the Spanish countryside and its inhabitants. The village comes alive on the page, with its bustling marketplaces, colorful festivals, and tight-knit community.

Overall, Doña Clarines y Mañana de Sol is a wonderfully written novel that will transport readers to another time and place. Fans of historical fiction and Spanish literature will not be disappointed by this enchanting tale.

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At present writing it seems to be a fact that no Spanish comedy written within the last thirty years, perhaps fifty, and making any pretense to literary worth, is available for use as a text in the United States. With the intention of filling part of the gap, as well as of introducing to students two contemporary Spanish dramatists, very well known in their own country, and very well worth while, I have selected these two short plays of the brothers Álvarez Quintero. While they are not the most important works of these authors, they are probably the best adapted to school use. The many Andalusian forms in most of the Quintero comedies debar them wholly, and in others continental plainness of speech is an obstacle. Doña Clarines and Mañana de sol are not too difficult, are written in bright and idiomatic Castilian, are entirely fit for class use, and are reprinted without the alteration or omission of a word in the original. They may well be read in the first year of a college course in Spanish, or in the second year of the high school... Continue reading book >>