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The story follows Cap’n Zelotes Snow, a proud maritime figure, as he reluctantly takes in his orphaned grandson, Alberto Miguel Carlos Speranza. Alberto is the son of Snow’s daughter, who defied her parents by marrying a Spanish opera singer while away at school. Snow’s initial reaction is one of disdain, referring to the young man as a half‑breed, a “Portygee,” and a “macaroni‑eater,” setting the stage for a complex family dynamic and cultural tensions within a classic literary setting.
First publish date: 1920
Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature
Authors: Joseph Crosby Lincoln
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