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Del Valle Family Series

This sweeping saga chronicles the lives of a prominent South American family, weaving together political intrigue, passionate romance, and supernatural occurrences. While each installment focuses on different generations and characters, they are all united by a powerful family legacy and enduring secrets. The narratives are rich with love, loss, and the search for identity amidst tumultuous historical backdrops. It's an epic journey for readers who appreciate sprawling family chronicles touched by magical realism.

The House of the Spirits
Portrait in Sepia
Daughter of fortune

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Daughter of fortune

    • 416 pages
    • 15 hours of reading

    An orphan raised in Valparaiso, Chile, by a Victorian spinster and her rigid brother, vivacious young Eliza Sommers follows her lover to California during the Gold Rush of 1849. Entering a rough-and-tumble world of new arrivals driven mad by gold fever, Eliza moves in a society of single men and prostitutes with the help of her good friend and savior, the Chinese doctor Tao Chi'en. California opens the door to a new life of freedom and independence to the young Chilean, and her search for her elusive lover gradually turns into another kind of journey. By the time she finally hears news of him, Eliza must decide who her true love really is.

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  2. Portrait in Sepia

    As a young girl, Aurora del Valle suffered a brutal trauma that has shaped her character and erased from her mind all recollection of the first five years of her life. When she finds herself alone at the end of an unhappy love affair, she decides to explore the mystery of her past.

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  3. The House of the Spirits

    A beautiful hardback edition of a magical realist classic and South American epic. As a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future. Following the mysterious death of her sister, Rosa the Beautiful, Clara is mute for nine years. When she breaks her silence, it is to announce that she will be married soon to the stern and volatile landowner Esteban Trueba. Set in an unnamed Latin American country over three generations, The House of the Spirits is a magnificent epic of a proud and passionate family, secret loves and violent revolution. 'A novel to be read for its brilliant craftsmanship and its narrative of inescapable power' El Pais 'Intensely moving. Both entertaining and deeply serious' Evening Standard VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful

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