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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 (10[1])who later falls in love with journalist Rolf Carlé. Another novel by this author opens with the line “Barrábas came to us (10[1])by sea” (10[2])before the death (10[1])of the green-haired Rosa the Beautiful. (10[2])Las Tres Marías (10[1])serves as the primary setting of a novel by this author that details the Trueba family. For 10 points, name this Chilean author of Eva Luna and The House (10[1])of the Spirits. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Isabel Allende [or Isabel Angélica Allende Llona]
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Braeden LarocheSouth Carolina ABelmont4510
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