About this title: 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 understanding politics and society in nineteenth-century Chile. The hero of the story is Martin Rivas, an impoverished but ambitious youngster from the northern mining region of Chile, who is entrusted by his late father to the household of a wealthy and influential member of the Santiago elite. While living there, he ...
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780195107142ISBN:0195107144
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780195107142ISBN:0195107144
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, New York, NY
Date published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780195107142ISBN:0195107144
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Edition: First Paper
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date published: 1/13/2000
ISBN-13:9780195107142ISBN:0195107144
Description: Very Good. 0195107144 Very Good and Unread! Text is clean and unmarked! Has a publishers mark. Has minor shelf wear (light creasing to spine) from storage. --Be Sure to Compare Seller Engine Feedback and Ratings Before Purchasing-- read more
Binding: Softcover with Frenc...
Publisher: Zig-Zag, Santiago de Chile
Date published: 1963
Description: Fair. Covers chipped around the edges with several small tears; ca. 1 cm at the bottom of spine missing; tender binding; darkened by age; 387 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D.C. Heath and Company, Boston
Date published: 1926
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Small ink smear back cover, fo name ffep, 5 or 6 pages may have minor marks, o/w near VG. 269 p. Maroon cloth cover with black trim. Heath's Modern Language Series. Edited with Intro., Notes, Vocab. by Umphrey, G.W. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Zig-Zag
Date published: 1940
Description: Very Good- in N/A jacket. Empresa Editora Zig-Zag in Spanish. No date given, but name and the date 1940 have been written on the free end paper. Cover design of black background with turquoise couple silhouetted w/white titling. Soft cover shows some minor edge wear, especially at heel of spine. Pages are age tanned. Nice solid vintage copy of this classic work. Scans available. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Linkgua Ediciones
Date published: 2007
ISBN-13:9788498168556ISBN:8498168554
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: OUP USA
Date published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780195107142ISBN:0195107144
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Edition: Large type / large print.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: BiblioBazaar, LLC
Date published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781426483752ISBN:1426483759
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Linkgua Ediciones
Date published: 2009
ISBN-13:9788498974522ISBN:8498974526
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bastian Books
Date published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780554344669ISBN:0554344661
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