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Esteban Trueba falls in love with Rosa, and they become betrothed.
Chapter 1Rosa dies; Clara witnesses the autopsy, stops speaking, and begins writing her notebooks.
Chapter 1Esteban Trueba begins restoring his family's country estate, Tres Marías.
Chapter 2Clara begins speaking again and announces she will soon marry Esteban Trueba.
Chapter 3Esteban Trueba beats Blanca and knocks out Clara's teeth after discovering Blanca's affair.
Chapter 6Esteban Trueba cuts off Pedro Tercero's fingers while trying to kill him.
Chapter 6Pregnant Blanca is forced to marry Count Jean de Satigny, and they move north.
Chapter 7Blanca leaves Satigny and returns to the big house in time to give birth to Alba.
Chapter 9| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | The novel opens with a sentence written by Clara when she is a young child: "Barrabás came to us by sea." The events sur... Read More |
| Chapter 2 | As the chapter opens, Esteban Trueba is at the Trueba family home with his sister, Férula, and their invalid mother. The... Read More |
| Chapter 3 | Chapter 3 opens with a reminder of Clara's silence, which began the night she witnessed Rosa's autopsy and lasts for nin... Read More |
| Chapter 4 | When this very long chapter opens, Blanca has reached toddlerhood. When it ends she is nearing the end of childhood. The... Read More |
| Chapter 5 | Blanca matures into an adolescent without anyone in the big house much noticing. But the summer her body has ripened int... Read More |
| Chapter 6 | Within about 18 months, Tres Marías has once again been turned into a "model estate," and Esteban Trueba has survived in... Read More |
| Chapter 7 | When Blanca and Clara get back to the city, Clara—who has "no patience with misfortune"—goes into a frenzy of activity t... Read More |
| Chapter 8 | Now readers catch up with what is happening in Blanca's life, details of which can be filled in because Blanca and Clara... Read More |
| Chapter 9 | When Blanca arrives at the big house, she is having contractions. Baby Alba is born quickly, feet first, assisted into t... Read More |
| Chapter 10 | Esteban Trueba begins the narration 20 years after Clara's death. He recalls the night she died, when he locked himself ... Read More |
| Chapter 11 | When Alba has finished school she goes on to the university to study philosophy and music. Before long she falls in love... Read More |
| Chapter 12 | When the presidential election finally arrives, the Socialist Party candidate wins. The response by those who despise so... Read More |
| Chapter 13 | The chapter opens with the announcement that there is a coup. Jaime is summoned early in the morning to the Presidential... Read More |
| Chapter 14 | Alba's torture at the hands of Esteban García is described in detail. What they say want from her is the whereabouts of ... Read More |
| Epilogue | With the opening line of the Epilogue—"My grandfather died last night"—the identity of the omniscient narrator is finall... Read More |
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