The House of the Spirits: A Novel Animals & Nature actively resisted expansion of the

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The House of the Spirits: A Novel Animals & Nature actively resisted expansion of theThe House of the Spirits, which introduced Isabel Allende as one of the worlds most gifted storytellers, brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. When their daughter Blanca embarks on a forbidden love affair