Doña Perfecta

Benito Pérez Galdós

• Publisher: Passerino
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9788835333500
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

Doña Perfecta (1876) is a 19th-century realist novel by Benito Pérez Galdós from what is called the first of Galdós's three epochs in his novels of social analysis.The action occurs in 19th century Spain, when a young liberal named Don José (Pepe) Rey, arrives in a cathedral city named Orbajosa, with the intention of marrying his cousin Rosario. This was a marriage of convenience arranged between Pepe's father Juan and Juan's sister, Perfecta. The novel illustrates the great power that the church wielded. It also describes the differences between the traditional, provincial outlook, and the modern, liberal outlook of Madrid, the capital. Benito Pérez Galdós (May 10, 1843 – January 4, 1920) was a Spanish realist novelist. Some authorities consider him second only to Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist. He was the leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain. Translator: Mary J. Serrano

Table of contents

• Cover
• Doña Perfecta
• Table of contents
• INTRODUCTION
• VILLAHORRENDA! FIVE MINUTES!
• A JOURNEY IN THE HEART OF SPAIN
• PEPE REY
• THE ARRIVAL OF THE COUSIN
• WILL THERE BE DISSENSION?
• IN WHICH IT IS SEEN THAT DISAGREEMENT MAY ARISE WHEN LEAST EXPECTED
• THE DISAGREEMENT INCREASES
• IN ALL HASTE
• THE DISAGREEMENT CONTINUES TO INCREASE, AND THEREAFTER TO BECOME DISCORD
• THE EVIDENCE OF DISCORD IS EVIDENT
• THE DISCORD GROWS
• HERE WAS TROY
• A CASUS BELLI
• THE DISCORD CONTINUES TO INCREASE
• DISCORD CONTINUES TO GROW UNTIL WAR IS DECLARED
• NIGHT
• LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
• THE SOLDIERS
• A TERRIBLE BATTLE-STRATEGY
• RUMORS—FEARS
• “DESPERTA FERRO”
• “DESPERTA!”
• MYSTERY
• THE CONFESSION
• UNFORESEEN EVENTS—A PASSING DISAGREEMENT
• MARIA REMEDIOS
• A CANON’S TORTURE
• FROM PEPE REY TO DON JUAN REY
• FROM PEPE REY TO ROSARITO POLENTINOS
• BEATING UP THE GAME
• DONA PERFECTA
• CONCLUSION