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Country United States Publication date 1924 Originally published 1924 Page count 300 Publishers Argosy, Grosset & Dunlap | 4.4/5 ManyBooks Language English Pages 300 Adaptations The Mark of Zorro (1920) Genres Fiction, Novella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Series Weekly: August 9-September 6, 1919 Media type Print (Serial, Hardback & Paperback) Similar Johnston McCulley books, Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Curse of Capistrano is a 1919 serialized novel by Johnston McCulley and the first work to feature the fictional Californio character Zorro (zorro is the Spanish word for fox). It would be later published as a book in 1924 under the title The Mark of Zorro.
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Publication history
Before being published in book form, The Curse of Capistrano appeared as five serialized installments in the pulp magazine All-Story Weekly.
After the enormous success of the 1920 film adaptation, The Mark of Zorro, the story was republished under that name by Grosset & Dunlap in 1924.
Setting
The book tells of the story of Californio Don Diego Vega, alias 'Señor Zorro', in the company of his deaf and mute servant Bernardo and his lover Lolita Pulido, as they oppose the villainous Captain Ramon and Sgt. Gonzales in early 19th-century California during the era of Mexican rule, before it became a U.S. state (see Alta California). It is set amongst the historic Spanish missions in California, pueblos (towns) such as San Juan Capistrano, California, and the rural California countryside (see also ranchos of California).