History Literature / Violeta

* ContinuityNod: A throwaway sentence about Violeta's father, Arsenio Del Valle indicates that his mother Nívea was decapitated in a strange accident and that his sister was clairvoyant. The sister is not named, but the description corresponds to Clara from ''Literature/TheHouseOfTheSpirits''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Miss Taylor was an orphan in Ireland who was put to work in the infamous Magdalene laundries in the hopes of being adopted. At 12, deemed to old for adoption, she is sent to work as a servant to a married man who rapes and abuses her. Fortunately for her, when she's 17 the man's wife finds out and sends her away to work for her mother, who trains Miss Taylor to speak and act like a proper English young lady, suitable to be her companion. After the woman dies, Miss Taylor eventually makes her way down to Chile.
* DeathByChildbirth: Nieves reports to the hospital after her water breaks, complaining of a strong headache. Her blood pressure spikes and she goes into convulsions. Only a C-section manages to save her baby, but nothing can be done to save her.

* DrivenToSuicide: One year after the Great Depression begins, the Del Valle family loses its fortune and its home and Arsenio receives a warrant or his arrest. The next day, Violeta bring coffee to her dad and finds him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot.

* IncompatibleOrientation: Violeta's brother José Antonio and Miss Taylor, her tutor. Thirty years afterwards proposing to her, he still carries the engagement ring.

* OldManMarryingAChild: Abel and Lucinda Rivas have young Violeta accompany them as they make the rounds as visiting teachers. When Violeta is 14, the indigenous village chief proposes to have her marry him or one of his sons to seal their friendship and offers a horse in exchange. As diplomatically as possible, Abel rejects the offer, saying that Violeta is one of his wives and that she has a terrible character. Afterwards, Violeta stops joining the Rivas in that part of their rounds.

** Miss Taylor. She starts out as an orphan at one of UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}}'s Magdalene Laundries, goes to work for a man who rapes her until his wife puts an end to the situation. In Chile, she endures surgery for a tumor that leaves her infertile. She loses her lover to cancer.

* PushoverParent: Violeta blames herself for being one towards Nieves and standing by while Julian spoiled her rotten.

* ContinuityNod: A throwaway sentence about Violeta's father, Arsenio Del Valle indicates that his mother Névea was decapitated in a strange accident and that his sister was clairvoyant. The sister is not named, but the description corresponds to Clara from ''Literature/TheHouseOfTheSpirits''.

* HarmlessLadyDisguise: After the 1973 military coup, Violeta's son is wanted and has to go into hiding. Violeta manages to get false documents for him, including travel documents under the name of "Lorena Benítez". She eventually locates where her Juan Martín is hiding, clean-shaven, wearing a dress and prepared to pass for "Lorena".

* NoSparks: Before marrying Fabian, Violeta finds him boring and predictable and says that she knows exactly what he will be like 20 years from today. Her marriage is fine. Then Julian Bravo turns up and "fine" is not good enough anymore.

** As a centenarian Violeta has had her share of suffering: the DeathOfAChild, Juliáno’s abuse, her son and Torito going missing [[spoiler: (Juan Martin ends up OK; Torito does not)]], and the loss of other loved ones.

* HarmlessLadySisguise: After the 1973 military coup, Violeta's son is wanted and has to go into hiding. Violeta manages to get false documents for him, including travel documents under the name of "Lorena Benítez". She eventually locates where her Juan Martín is hiding, clean-shaven, wearing a dress and prepared to pass for "Lorena".

* SuicideIsShameful: After Arsenio del Valle is found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot, his son Juan Antonio and Miss Taylor hide the entry wound with a sleeping cap. The family doctor who writes up the certificate of death enters that he died of a heart attack so that Arsenio can be buried in the Catholic cemetery instead of the municipal one.

* ContinuityNod: A throwaway sentence about Violeta's father, Arsenio Del Valle indicates that his mother Névea was decapitated in a strange accident and that his sister was clairvoyant. The sister is not named, but the description corresponds to Clara from ''Literature/HouseOfTheSpirits''.

Set in Chile, ''Violeta'' tells the story of its TitleCharacter, who herself is telling her life story to her grandson Camilo, whom [[RaisedByGrandparents she has raised since he was a child]], from its beginning during UsefulNotes/TheSpanishFlu to the modern-day UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

* ChekhovsGun: The Del Valle family offer Torito, their intellectually disabled handyman, his first birthday party. Violeta gives him a wooden cross necklace with her name on it. Decades later, she sees the necklace [[spoiler: among the personal belongings of the executed peasants whose remains were discovered in a cave.]] She sneaks it and keeps it.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Miss Taylor was an orphan in Ireland who was put to work in the infamous Magdalene laundries and then given away as a servant to a married man who rapes and abuses her. Fortunately for her, the man's wife finds out and sends her away to work for her mother, who turns her into a proper English companion. She eventually makes her way down to Chile.

* IncompatibleOrientation: Violeta's brother Jose Antonio and Miss Taylor, her tutor. Thirty years afterwards proposing to her, he still carries the engagement ring.

* DeadSparks: Before marrying Fabian, Violeta finds him boring and predictable and says that she knows exactly what he will be like 20 years from today. Her marriage is fine. Then Julian Bravo turns up and "fine" is not good enough

* IncompatibleOrientation: Violeta's brother Jose Antonio and [[spoiler:Miss Taylor, her tutor.]] Thirty years afterwards proposing to her, he still carries the engagement ring.

* SuicideIsShameful: After Arsenio del Valle is found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot, his son Juan Antonio and Miss Taylor hide the entry wound with a sleeping cap. The family doctor who writes up the certificate of death enters that he died of a heart attack so that Arsenio can be buried in the Catholic cemetery instead of the municipal one.
* RaisedByGrandparents: After Violeta's daughter Nieves dies, she ends up raising Nieves's son, Camilo.