<P> The oldest daughter of Severo and Nívea, Rosa was born with green hair and great beauty . Her unearthly beauty intimidated everyone in the village except for Esteban Trueba, who was enamored with her and sought her hand in marriage . Rosa waits patiently while Esteban slowly accumulates wealth working in the mines in order to feel worthy of Rosa . Esteban returns to find that Rosa had died from consuming poison meant for her father . Though never truly forgetting Rosa, Esteban marries her sister Clara instead . </P> <P> Jaime is the son of Clara and Esteban Trueba . As a shy, bookish and compassionate doctor who treats the poor, he stands out against his outgoing twin brother Nicolas and his cantankerous father . Jaime had always had a strenuous relationship with his father, especially with Jaime's revolutionary ideal . He becomes friends with the Candidate whilst under the impression that the revolution was to be peaceful . Jaime also becomes good friends with Alba, whom he treats as a sister . He is summoned to the Presidential Palace during the coup and was killed for refusing to announce that the president had drunkenly committed suicide . Esteban doesn't believe it until Jaime appears in spirit to Clara, showing her how he had been murdered by the regime . </P> <P> Jaime may be inspired by the personal doctor Arturo Jiron of the Chilean president Salvador Allende . </P> <Ul> <Li> La casa de los espíritus (Barcelona: Plaza & Janés, 1982) First edition . ISBN 84 - 01 - 38011 - 1 </Li> <Li> The House of The Spirits (Westminster, Maryland: Knopf, 12 April 1985) First English language edition . Translated by Magda Bogin . ISBN 0 - 394 - 53907 - 9 </Li> <Li> The House of The Spirits (London: Jonathan Cape, 4 July 1985) First UK edition . Translated by Magda Bogin . ISBN 0 - 224 - 02231 - 8 </Li> <Li> The House of The Spirits (New York: Bantam, 1986) First US paperback edition . Translated by Magda Bogin . ISBN 0 - 553 - 27391 - 4 </Li> <Li> The House of The Spirits (London: Black Swan, 1986) First UK paperback edition . Translated by Magda Bogin . ISBN 0 - 552 - 99198 - 8 </Li> </Ul>

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