WEEDS

BY
PÍO BAROJA

TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH
By ISAAC GOLDBERG

NEW YORK
ALFRED · A · KNOPF
1923

Published, October, 1923

Set up, electrotyped, and printed by the Vail-Ballou Press, Inc., Binghamton, N. Y.
Paper furnished by W. F. Etherington & Co., New York.
Bound by the H. Wolff Estate, New York.

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PART ONE
I	The Studio—The Life Led by Roberto Hasting—Alex Monzón	3
II	Señorita Esther Volovitch—A Wedding—Manuel, Photographer’s Apprentice	23
III	The “Europea” and the “Benefactora”—A Strange Employment	38
IV	The Baroness de Aynant, Her Dogs and Her Mulattress Companion—Wherein is Prepared a Farce	54
V	The Life and Miracles of Señor de Mingote—Wherein Beginneth the Succulent Exploitation of Don Sergio	68
VI	Kate, The Pale Lass—Roberto’s Love Affairs—Military Punctilio—Wicked Women—Anthropological Disquisitions	83
VII	The Berber Feels Profoundly Anglo-Saxon—The Mephistophelian Mingote—Cogolludo—Kate’s Departure	104
PART TWO
I	Sandoval—Sánchez Gómez’s “Toads”—Jacob and Jesús	125
II	The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of Los Debates and His Editorial Staff	138
III	The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas	147
IV	Roberto’s Christmas—Northern Folk	163
V	General Strike—Gay Times—The Dance at the Frontón—Initiation into Love	179
VI	The Snow—More Tales from Don Alonso—Las Injurias... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN! Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR!

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