The story begins in 1790 in California as an Indigenous uprising threatens Padre Mendoza’s mission in San Gabriel. The novel is recounted in the third person by a narrator who is eventually identified as the protagonist’s friend Isabel de Romeu. Except in direct quotes, this guide has changed that language to better reflect the groups’ identities.
Note also that the original text uses incorrect, outdated terminology for Romani and Indigenous people. This study guide refers to the 2006 Harper Perennial English edition.Ĭontent warning: The novel depicts graphic violence, sexual assault, and racism. Zorro was originally published in Spanish with the title El Zorro: Comienza la leyenda ( Zorro: The Legend Begins), followed by English translation by Harper-Collins.
The novel explores themes of heroism, class, colonialism, and justice.
Set against the backdrop of Spanish colonialism at the turn of the 19th century, the novel details the events that led the protagonist, Diego de la Vega, to become the masked vigilante known as Zorro.
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