Luis Orrego Luco Libros

No pense, ni por un momento, en escribir la relaci—n de un caso determinado, cualquiera que fuese. Comence por este punto de partida: el estudio de Çun matrimonioÈ dentro de la ÇnuevaÈ sociedad chilena y en la epoca actual de transici—n. Escogi como medio la alta sociedad santiaguina con sus tradiciones nobiliarias Ñaœn mas cerradas

Casa grande achieved unprecedented popularity when it debuted in 1908, and with its success came controversy, as many characters resembled members of the Chilean oligarchy. The author denied his accusors, claiming that he only used a setting involving the wealthy as a means of best expressing his point regarding society and its tensions.