When I was fourteen I used to read literature in English. I… - Rosario Ferré

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When I was fourteen I used to read literature in English. I read textbooks and the newspapers in Spanish, but when I really started to get into literature was when I started reading Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights

Rosario Ferré

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Rosario Ferré (September 28, 1938 – February 18, 2016) was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, and essayist.

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Alternative Names: Rosario Ferre

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