Doña Luz

In the original Spanish.Do a Luz must abandon her aristocratic life in nineteenth-century Madrid and begin anew in rural Andalusia. What she cannot leave behind is her history: an illegitimate birth that defines who she is and what her future holds. Unwilling to settle for a husband of lesser intellect and sophistication, the lovely Do a Luz announces that she will never marry. As it has for more than a century, the revered style of Spanish writer Juan Valera pulls readers into this novel of love and uncertainty. Does Do a Luz follow the spiritual pull of Father Enrique or the sensual attraction of Don Jaime Pimental? A novel that has been enjoyed since its first publication in 1879Do a Luz debe abandonar su vida aristocr tica en el Madrid del siglo XIX y comenzar de nuevo en la Andaluc a rural. Lo que no puede dejar atr s es su historia: un nacimiento ileg timo que define qui n es ella y lo que le depara su futuro. Sin querer conformarse con un marido de menor intelecto y sofisticaci n, la encantadora Do a Luz anuncia que nunca se casar . Como lo ha hecho durante m s de un siglo, el venerado estilo del escritor espa ol Juan Valera atrae a los lectores a esta novela de amor e incertidumbre. Do a Luz sigue el impulso espiritual del padre Enrique o la atracci n sensual de don Jaime Pimental? Una novela que se ha disfrutado desde su primera publicaci n en 1879.