Férula Trueba

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Férula Trueba is a tragic, self-sacrificing woman in Isabel Allende’s novel "The House of the Spirits," known for her intense devotion to her family and her complex, repressed emotional life.

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Férula Trueba canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character
fictional character
literary character
appearsAs ghost
appearsIn The House of the Spirits
associatedWithTheme family duty
loneliness
repression of female sexuality
unrequited love
caresFor her ailing mother
characterRole supporting character
createdBy Isabel Allende
diesBefore the end of the novel
familyRole caretaker
fictionalUniverse The House of the Spirits universe
firstPublicationContext The House of the Spirits (1982 novel)
gender female
hasEmotionalAttachmentTo Clara del Valle
hasFamilyName Trueba
hasPersonalityTrait intense loyalty
repressed emotions
self‑denial
hasRelationshipWith Clara del Valle
hasSibling Esteban Trueba
haunts Clara del Valle
Esteban Trueba
isBanishedBy Esteban Trueba
isDescribedAs devoted to her family
self‑sacrificing
tragic
languageOfWork Spanish
livesWith Clara del Valle
narrativeFunction to contrast with Clara’s spiritual freedom
to illustrate the costs of patriarchal oppression
nationality Chilean
religiousOutlook deeply Catholic
setting unnamed Latin American country resembling Chile
socialStatus upper‑class
symbolizes female self‑sacrifice
repression
unfulfilled desire

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The House of the Spirits hasCharacter Férula Trueba
Esteban Trueba hasSister Férula Trueba