This article aims to examine the role of female characters in the work of Isabel Allende, focusing on a specific historical period: the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile, which began in 1973. This study is based on a thesis written by the same author in 2010, entitled in French “Visages de femmes dans l’œuvre d’Isabel Allende” (“Faces of Women in the Work of Isabel Allende”). In general, Allende’s writing brings to life women with extraordinary qualities who occupy the center of each narrative, and who are characterized by their ability to traverse not only fiction but also the history of Chile. Our analysis constructs a theater with a dual setting: it first requires outlining the historical backdrop of the author’s “invented country,” beginning with her depiction of the dictatorship, in order to subsequently establish the fictional setting through the women corresponding to this period in the novels The House of the Spirits and Of Love and Shadows.