The Baron in the Trees

The Baron in the Trees

by

Italo Calvino

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Frederico Alonso Sanchez Character Analysis

The leader of the Spanish nobles who live in the trees in Olivabassa, a city near Ombrosa. A large man with liver spots, Don Frederico is melancholy and somewhat hopeless about his situation. He has three daughters, one of whom, Ursula, becomes Cosimo’s first love. Don Frederico enjoys Cosimo, and much to Father Sulpicio’s chagrin, he invites Cosimo to come back to Granada with them to marry Ursula.

Frederico Alonso Sanchez Quotes in The Baron in the Trees

The The Baron in the Trees quotes below are all either spoken by Frederico Alonso Sanchez or refer to Frederico Alonso Sanchez. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 18 Quotes

And there, with naive youthful fervor, he explained the ideas of the philosophers and the wrongs of sovereigns and how states could be governed according to reason and justice.

Related Characters: Biagio Piovasco di Rondò (speaker), Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò, Father Sulpicio, Frederico Alonso Sanchez, El Conde, King Carlos III
Related Symbols: Ombrosa’s Native Trees
Page Number: 1887
Explanation and Analysis:
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Frederico Alonso Sanchez Quotes in The Baron in the Trees

The The Baron in the Trees quotes below are all either spoken by Frederico Alonso Sanchez or refer to Frederico Alonso Sanchez. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Education, Connectedness, and the Written Word Theme Icon
).
Chapter 18 Quotes

And there, with naive youthful fervor, he explained the ideas of the philosophers and the wrongs of sovereigns and how states could be governed according to reason and justice.

Related Characters: Biagio Piovasco di Rondò (speaker), Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò, Father Sulpicio, Frederico Alonso Sanchez, El Conde, King Carlos III
Related Symbols: Ombrosa’s Native Trees
Page Number: 1887
Explanation and Analysis: