Doña Perfecta
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Doña Perfecta

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
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Doña Perfecta

About this book

Doña Perfecta (1876) is a novel by Benito Pérez Galdós. Published toward the beginning of Pérez Galdós' career, Doña Perfecta is a powerful story of romance and religion that raises timeless questions regarding the meaning of love and the restrictions placed on individual lives by the Catholic Church. Adapted several times for film and television in Spain and abroad, the novel is one of Pérez Galdós' most beloved works of fiction. "'What more can I tell you of Dona Rosarito but that that she is the living image of her mother? You will have a treasure, Senor Don Jose, if it is true, as I hear, that you have come to be married to her. She will be a worthy mate for you, and the young lady will have nothing to complain of, either.'" Don Jose Rey, known to friends and family as Pepe, arrives in the cathedral city of Orbajosa to marry his cousin Rosario. A young liberal, Jose has mixed feelings regarding the institution of marriage and the place of the Catholic church, but decides to obey his father's wishes and go ahead with the marriage as it has been arranged. When a disagreement arises between Pepe's father and Doña Perfecta, the mother of Rosario, their spite threatens to destroy the lives of the two young lovers. This edition of Benito Pérez Galdós's Doña Perfecta is a classic of Spanish literature reimagined for modern readers.

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Information

Publisher
Mint Editions
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781513293790
eBook ISBN
9781513293790
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. I. Villahorrenda! Five Minutes!
  7. II. A Journey in the Heart of Spain
  8. III. Pepe Rey
  9. IV. The Arrival of the Cousin
  10. V. Will there be Dissension?
  11. VI. In Which it is Seen that Disagreement May Arise When Least Expected
  12. VII. The Disagreement Increases
  13. VIII. In all Haste
  14. IX. The Disagreement Continues to Increase, and Threatens to Become Discord
  15. X. The Existence of Discord is Evident
  16. XI. The Discord Grows
  17. XII. Here was Troy
  18. XIII. A Casus Belli
  19. XIV. The Discord Continues to Increase
  20. XV. Discord Continues to Grow Until War is Declared
  21. XVI. Night
  22. XVII. Light in the Darkness
  23. XVIII. The Soldiers
  24. XIX. A Terrible Battle—Strategy
  25. XX. Rumors—Fears
  26. XXI. “Desperta Ferro”
  27. XXII. “Desperta!”
  28. XXIII. Mystery
  29. XXIV. The Confession
  30. XXV. Unforeseen Events—A Passing Disagreement
  31. XXVI. Maria Remedios
  32. XXVII. A Canon’s Torture
  33. XXVIII. From Pepe Rey to Don Juan Rey
  34. XXIX. From Pepe Rey to Rosarito Polentinos
  35. XXX. Beating up the Game
  36. XXXI. Doña Perfecta
  37. XXXII. Conclusion
  38. A Note About the Author
  39. A Note from the Publisher