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The City of the Discreet

The City of the Discreet

by Pío Baroja

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Author
Baroja, Pío, 1872-1956
Title
The city of the discreet
Credits
Produced by Bryan Ness, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject
Córdoba (Spain) -- Fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 56324
Release Date
January 6, 2018
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION
  3. 3.CONTENTS — THE CITY OF THE DISCREET
  4. 4.CHAPTER I A CONVERSATION ON THE TRAIN
  5. 5.CHAPTER II O, ORIENTAL, ROMANTIC CITY!
  6. 6.CHAPTER III INFANCY: SOMBRE VESTIBULE OF LIFE
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV BLUE EYES, BLACK EYES
  8. 8.CHAPTER V NOBLE AND ANCIENT ANCESTRAL HOMES!
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI CONCERNING AN ADVENTURE OF QUENTIN’S IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EL POTRO
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII IN WHICH IS TOLD THE HISTORY OF A TAVERN ON SIERRA MORENA
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII A FIGHT IN AN OLIVE ORCHARD
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX IN WHICH SEÑOR SABADÍA ABUSES WORDS AND WINE
  13. 13.CHAPTER X DON GIL FINISHES HIS STORY
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI MORE INCOMPREHENSIBLE THAN THE HEART OF A GROWN WOMAN, IS THAT OF A GIRL-CHILD
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII IN SEARCH OF A JEWEL-CASE
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII A PICNIC AND A RIDE
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV SPRING
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV WHERE HIS BEAUTIFUL EXPECTATIONS WENT!
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI THE MAN OF ACTION BEGINS TO MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII “I AM A LITTLE CATILINE”
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII THE TAVERN IN THE CALLE DEL BODEGONCILLO
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX THE PLEASANT IRONIES OF REALITY
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX PHILOSOPHERS WITHOUT REALIZING THE FACT
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI JUAN TALKS
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII STICKS, SHOTS, AND STONES
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII PURSUIT AND ESCAPE
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV THE VICTIM OF A FEUILLETON
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXV AN ABDUCTION IS PREPARED
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI EXPLANATIONS
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII IN WHICH A COUNTESS, A PROFESSIONAL BANDIT, AND A MAN OF ACTION HAVE A TALK
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII THE MASON’S MESSAGE
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX A CONFERENCE
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXX PROJECTS
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI NIGHT AND DAY
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII THE CITY OF THE DISCREET
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII THE DEPARTURE
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV THE END

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