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Life in Mexico

by Frances Calderon de La Barca · 1843

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Originally published in 1843, Fanny Calderon de la Barca, gives her spirited account of living in Mexico-from her travels with her husband through Mexico as the Spanish diplomat to the daily struggles with finding good help-Fanny gives the reader an enlivened picture of the life and times of a country still struggling with independence.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of this
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19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisMexicoMexicoMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 550 pages

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