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A tale of the Valencian seashore by Spanish realist Vincente Ibanez (1867-1928).

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-1928) was a Spanish realist novelist, a screenwriter, and occasional film director, best known in the English-speaking world for his World War I novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-28, 1928) was a Spanish realist novelist, a screenwriter and occasional film director. His novels Sangre Y Arena (Blood and Sand) and Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis (The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) are his most popular novels, while his Valencian novels such as La Barraca and Cañas Y Barro are valued by scholars.

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-28, 1928) was a Spanish realist novelist, a screenwriter and occasional film director. His novels Sangre Y Arena (Blood and Sand) and Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis (The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) are his most popular novels, while his Valencian novels such as La Barraca and Cañas Y Barro are valued by scholars.

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This English translation from the original Spanish first published in 1920 includes an introduction by the author.

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Excerpt from The Torrent: Entre Naranjos "Your friends are waiting for you at the Club. They saw you for a moment only, this morning, they'll be wanting to hear all your stories about life in Madrid." Dona Bernarda fixed upon the young deputy a pair of deep, scrutinizing, severely maternal eyes that recalled to Rafael all the roguish anxieties of his childhood. "Are you going directly to the Club?..." she added. "Andrés will be starting too...

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