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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 (10[1])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. (10[1])Another novel by this author opens with the line “Barrábas came to us by sea” before the death of the green-haired Rosa the Beautiful. (10[1])Las Tres Marías serves as the primary setting of a novel by this author that details the Trueba (10[1])family. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this Chilean author of (10[1])Eva Luna (-5[1])and The House of the Spirits. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Isabel Allende [or Isabel Angélica Allende Llona]
<World Literature>
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