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In a story by this author, the Colonel is taught public speaking from Belisa who gives him the title secret “Two Words.” That story and others by this author are told by a character who was conceived when her mother slept with a snakebitten gardener and who later falls in love with journalist Rolf Carlé. Another novel by this author (10[1])opens with the line “Barrábas came to (10[1])us by sea” before the death of the green-haired Rosa (10[1])the Beautiful. Las Tres Marías (10[2])serves (10[1])as the primary setting of a novel by this author that details the Trueba family. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this Chilean author of Eva Luna and The House of the Spirits. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Isabel Allende [or Isabel Angélica Allende Llona]
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