Today3 short stories
Written in Spanish
A young bride grows weaker every night in a cold white house. A man bitten by a snake drifts down the Paraná river. A bride says no at the altar, and keeps the reason secret for three years. Quiroga and Pardo Bazán wrote these stories in Spanish: you begin with our English translation, and the more you learn, the more of their own sentences you read.
Stories
3 stories- 19 min
The Torn Lace
At the altar, in front of the whole of Madrid society, Micaelita says no. Nobody ever learns why, until, three years later, she tells the narrator her secret.
- 27 min
Adrift
A man is bitten by a snake in the jungle of northern Argentina. Alone, he takes his canoe down the great Paraná river to find help before the poison wins.
- 38 min
The Feather Pillow
Alicia's marriage to the silent Jordán begins with a shiver, in a cold white house. Then she falls ill, and no doctor can say why she grows weaker every night.