Maruja
About this book
Set in the Spanish-Californian world Bret Harte often depicted, this short romance centers on Maruja, a young woman with several suitors. It suits readers interested in nineteenth-century American frontier fiction and historical romance.
Bret Harte
Francis Brett Hart, known as Bret Harte, was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he also wrote poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches.
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