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Doña Perfecta

1876

Benito Pérez Galdós

Doña Perfecta

Doña Perfecta

Benito Pérez Galdós

1876

Novels

Translated by Julien Lugol

''Doña Perfecta'' is a realist novel by Benito Pérez Galdós, first published in 1876. Set in the Spanish town of Orbajosa, it follows young engineer Pepe Rey as he navigates family dynamics and societal expectations while pursuing a marriage with his cousin Rosario. The novel explores the conflict between progressive ideals and traditional values, highlighting the tensions within 19th-century Spanish society. It is notable for its critical examination of social customs and the clash between liberalism and conservatism in Spain during this era.

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''Doña Perfecta'' by Benito Pérez Galdós is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story is set in Spain and revo...

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Doña Perfecta (1876) is a 19th-century realist novel by Benito Pérez Galdós from what is called the first of Galdós's th...

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"Doña Perfecta" (1876) no es sólo la novela de Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920) que suscitó más encendidas polémicas, sin...

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Project Gutenberg · 296 pages (French)
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Doña Perfecta
Doña Perfecta
Project Gutenberg · 301 pages
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Doña Perfecta
Doña Perfecta
Project Gutenberg · 476 pages (Spanish)
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“Los ciegos serían felices en este país, que para la lengua es paraíso y para los ojos infierno.””

— Benito Pérez Galdós

“Spain, with 7324 inhabitants, a town-hall, an episcopal””

— Benito Pérez Galdós

“que en esa remota Orbajosa, donde, entre paréntesis, tienes fincas que puedes examinar ahora, se pasa la vida con la tranquilidad y dulzura de los idilios. ¡Qué patriarcales costumbres! ¡Qué nobleza en aquella sencillez! ¡Qué rústica paz virgiliana! Si en vez de ser matemático fueras latinista, repetirías al entrar allí el ergo tua rura manebunt. ¡Qué admirable lugar para dedicarse a la contemplación de nuestra propia alma y prepararse a las buenas obras! Allí todo es bondad, honradez; allí no se conocen la mentira y la farsa como en nuestras grandes ciudades; allí renacen las santas inclinaciones que el bullicio de la moderna vida ahoga; allí despierta la dormida fe, y se siente vivo impulso indefinible dentro del pecho, al modo de pueril impaciencia que en el fondo de nuestra alma grita: «quiero vivir».””

— Benito Pérez Galdós

“Leon Roch," and "Gloria." In still later novels, Emilia Pardo-Bazan thinks, he has comprehended that "the novel of to-day must take note of the ambient truth, and realize the beautiful with freedom and independence." This valiant lady, in the campaign for realism which she made under the title of "La Cuestion Palpitante"--one of the best and strongest books on the subject--counts him first””

— Benito Pérez Galdós

“Palabras hermosas realidad prosaica y miserable. Los ciegos serían felices en este país, que para la lengua es paraíso y para los ojos infierno.””

— Benito Pérez Galdós

“Verdad es; por eso se dijo que uno piensa el bayo y otro el que lo ensilla””

— Benito Pérez Galdós

“INTRODUCTION The very acute and lively Spanish critic who signs himself Clarin, and is known personally as Don Leopoldo Alas, says the present Spanish novel has no yesterday, but only a day-before-yesterday.””

— Benito Pérez Galdós

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