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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 (10[1])when her mother slept with a snakebitten gardener and who later falls in (10[2])love with journalist Rolf Carlé. Another novel by this author (10[1])opens with the (10[1])line “Barrábas came to us by sea” before the death of the green-haired (10[1])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 (10[1]-5[1])Luna and The House of the Spirits. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Isabel Allende [or Isabel Angélica Allende Llona]
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