Chapters 53-57: 0.00—Rural & urban militancy. 6:25—Students & professors. 9:22—Leonor & Edelmira. 10:50—A passionate embrace. 12:01—Martin & Raphael. 14:25—Letter to Leonor. 15:23—On to the revolution. 16:57: Comedy & cowardice. 21:17—Interlude.

Chapter 58: 21:45—Loss of faith. 25:09—“La sociabilidad chilena.” 26:54—Secular Chile. 33:28—The bloodiest moment. 37:06—R.I.P. Rafael. 39:33—Rebels routed. 41:59—The larger picture. 44:10—Fragmentation of elites. 47:26—Chile in the global economy. 49:01—A regional conflict. 53:13—Why the small picture? 56:10—Interlude.

Chapters 59-65: 56:38—In Leonor’s bedchamber. 1:00:40—Martin jailed. 1:06:54—Exile & execution. 1:08:36—The prisoner. 1:10:00—Escapism. 1:17:24—Bathed in tears. 1:19:37—Epistolary epilogue. 1:22:58—Noble sentiments. 1:24:50—Los Almanes. 1:27:00—Remembering Rafael. 1:28:59—Interlude.

Conclusion: 1:29:29—Closing the book. 1:32:50—Characters’ fates. 1:36:50—Byronic Rafael. 1:39:15—The fate of the Molinas. 1:44:09—Don Dámaso, master-weaver. 1:48:55—Ruling class conflict. 1:57:04—Requisite reading. 2:04:24—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).

Sound effects: Pixabay.

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