Word: monsalvat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...light entertainment or easy reading. It is a thoughtful and sincere plea for the investigation and improvement of the so-called lower world in a great South American city. Its moral earnestness and stern purpose keep it from the obvious morbidness and distasteful pictures its plot inevitably suggests. Dr. Monsalvat, the hero, tries to rescue Nacha Regules from her cabaret life; and from the study of her position is led to begin a campaign for the salvation of all such characters. The pleading and sociology of the book rather get in the way of the story; but, despite this obvious...
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