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100 1 _aAlarcón, Pedro Antonio de,
_d1833-1891
240 1 3 _aEl amigo de la muerte. English
245 1 4 _aThe Strange Friend of Tito Gil
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2021-02-04
508 _aE-text prepared by Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
520 _a"The Strange Friend of Tito Gil" by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book tells the story of Tito Gil, a poor shoemaker’s son who, after a series of misfortunes and transformations, becomes entangled with the enigmatic figure of Death, who claims to be his friend and offers him extraordinary powers. The novel explores themes of love, hardship, and the twists of fate that lead Tito on a quest to reconnect with his childhood love, Elena. At the start of the story, we meet Tito Gil, who has transitioned from being a page in a noble household to a destitute shoemaker after the death of his benefactor, Count Rionuevo. Struggling with heartbreak and poverty, Tito’s life takes a dark turn when he encounters a mysterious figure who reveals himself to be Death, stating that he is bound to Tito by the remorse for the misfortunes he has caused. As Tito grapples with despair, he is offered the chance to become a physician and win back Elena, but must navigate the complexities of fate, love, and the deeper implications of his newfound abilities, leading to a series of encounters that will ultimately challenge his understanding of life and death. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aSpanish fiction -- Translations into English
700 1 _aDarr, Elizabeth Townsend,
_d1856-1926
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64456
999 _c105279
_d105279