Chapters 1-3: 0:00—Criollo, Castizo, Mestizo. 7:00—European culture. 9:20—The poor provincial. 12:03—Out of fashion. 13:49—Authorial comment. 15:41—Martin’s appearance. 18:08—Tarnished silver. 19:07—A rich vein. 22:46—Family separation. 25:15—A silver lining. 27:54—An ideal beauty. 30:41—Noble Leonor. 32:39—Ignoble Agustin. 34:42—The ruling class. 37:17—Interlude.

Chapters 4-8: 38:00—Lost in thought. 42:09—Class question. 50:54—The divine Leonor. 55:43—Cultural allusions. 58:38—Seeing the Encinas. 1:01:31—A fight at the opera. 1:03:21—A fight on the plaza. 1:04:33—Skipping classes. 1:07:27—Bourgeois salon. 1:09:09—Meeting Matilde. 1:11:04—Political parasites. 1:14:01—Radicals & oligarchs. 1:17:44—1848. 1:19:20—The Society of Equality. 1:21:23—Doña Francisca. 1:24:15—Marriage plans. 1:25:20—Martin’s feat. 1:26:27—So-called liberals. 1:29:12—“She doesn’t despise me!” 1:1:30:33—University education. 1:32:21---Befriending Rafael San Luis. 1:35:46—A shield of indifference. 1:37:04—Closing.

Text: Alberto Blest Gana, Martin Rivas. Translated by Tess O'Dwyer. Oxford Univ. Press, 2000.

Interludes: Frederic Chopin, Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 18, "Grande valse brillante," performed by Arthur Rubenstein, 1954 ((Internet Archive).

Image: Alberto Blest Gana, 1860, (Biblioteca Nacional Digital de Chile).

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Thanks to N.C. State University Professor Greg Dawes for responding to a draft of my analysis of Martin Rivas.