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Love is denied for differences of race in this three-act play written by the father of Puerto Rican literature. In Havana, Julia, the protagonist, is a quadroon who falls in love witha wealthywhite man, Carlos,who is set to marry a noble daughter. The arranged marriage has financial motivations and is not based on love, and Carlos's mother sees Julia as a threat to her aristocratic lineage. Tapia y Rivera demonstrates his support for women's rights as well as his position against slavery in this late 19th-century melodrama.La cuarterona es un drama en tres actos cuya trama se desarrolla en La Habana y trata sobre la discriminacin racial y las desigualdades sociales que imperaban en el siglo XIX. Julia, la protagonista de la obra, es una una persona nacida en Amrica de mestizo y espaola. En esta obra, el temor del blanco hacia el negro y la necesidad de mantener posiciones y exigencias sociales, impiden la culminacin de los amores entre julia y Carlos. Alejandro Tapia y Rivera es considerado el padre la literatura puertorriquea.

Author

Tapia y Rivera, Alejandro, 1826-1882.

Publisher

Vosgos, 1977.

Published

1977

Language

ES

ISBN

9788434602670

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Humanities

Rating

3.51 / 5 (85 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14