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by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery · 1874–1942
"The Blue Castle: a novel by L. M. Montgomery" is a novel published in 1926. Twenty-nine-year-old Valancy Stirling has spent her entire life suffocated by her controlling family's expectations. When she receives a shocking medical diagnosis, she decides to finally break free and live on her own terms. She scandalizes her relatives by speaking her mind, moving out, and eventually proposing marriage to the mysterious and supposedly disreputable Barney Snaith. Together they build a new life on a remote island—but secrets still linger.
Summary generated automatically by Project Gutenberg.
- Read time
- 310 min
- Words
- 68,271
- Chapters
- 49
- Paragraphs
- 1,575
- Price
- Free
- Canada -- History -- 1914-1945 -- Fiction
- Choice (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Love -- Fiction
- Romance fiction
- Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Single women -- Fiction
- Young adult fiction
On their way to Uncle Herbert’s—Mrs.
En su camino a casa del tío Herbert: la señora
Frederick and Cousin Stickles walking in front, Valancy trotting meekly along behind—Roaring Abel drove past them.
Frederick y la prima Stickles caminando delante, Valancy trotando dócilmente detrás, pasó Roaring Abel.
Drunk as usual but not in the roaring stage.
Borracho como de costumbre pero no en la etapa de rugir.
Just drunk enough to be excessively polite.
Solo lo suficientemente borracho para ser excesivamente educado.
He raised his disreputable old tartan cap with the air of a monarch saluting his subjects and swept them a grand bow.
Alzó su desaliñado viejo sombrero de tartán con el aire de un monarca saludando a sus súbditos y les hizo una gran reverencia.
Mrs. Frederick and Cousin Stickles dared not cut Roaring Abel altogether.
La señora Frederick y la prima Stickles no se atrevieron a ignorar por completo a Roaring Abel.
He was the only person in Deerwood who could be got to do odd jobs of carpentering and repairing when they needed to be done, so it would not do to offend him.
Era la única persona en Deerwood a la que se podía conseguir para hacer trabajos de carpintería y reparaciones cuando era necesario, por lo que no convenía ofenderlo.
But they responded with only the stiffest, slightest of bows.
Pero respondieron con las reverencias más rígidas y ligeras.
Roaring Abel must be kept in his place.
Roaring Abel debía mantenerse en su lugar.
Valancy, behind them, did a thing they were fortunately spared seeing.
Valancy, detrás de ellos, hizo algo que por suerte no tuvieron que ver.
She smiled gaily and waved her hand to Roaring Abel.
Sonrió alegremente y agitó la mano a Roaring Abel.
Why not?
¿Por qué no?
She had always liked the old sinner.
Siempre le había gustado el viejo pecador.
He was such a jolly, picturesque, unashamed reprobate and stood out against the drab respectability of Deerwood and its customs like a flame-red flag of revolt and protest.
Era un reprobado tan alegre, pintoresco y desvergonzado que destacaba contra la respetabilidad grisácea de Deerwood y sus costumbres como una bandera roja de revuelta y protesta.
Only a few nights ago Abel had gone through Deerwood in the wee sma’s, shouting oaths at the top of his stentorian voice which could be heard for miles, and lashing his horse into a furious gallop as he tore along prim,
Solo unas noches antes, Abel había recorrido Deerwood en la madrugada, gritando juramentos a todo pulmón con su voz estentórea que se podía oír a millas, y azotando a su caballo hasta un galope furioso mientras se precipitaba por la estricta y
proper Elm Street.
correcta Elm Street.
About the author
L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery1874–1942
Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author born in 1874 and died in 1942.
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- Spanish, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #67979
- Licence
- Public domain worldwide
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