The House of Ulloa (Penguin Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (756 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0141392959 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-27 |
| Language | : | Spanish |
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Her translations include works by Robert Graves, Anaïs Nin, and Katherine Mansfield, as well as Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s novel The Shadow of the Wind. . Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921) was a prolific writer, a feminist, a traveler, and an intellectual who held a chair in literature at Madrid University from 1916 until her death.Paul O’Prey is the vice-chancellor of the University of Roeham
Spain turn of the XIX century Amazon Customer A young and inexperienced priest arrives to an old and aristocratic house which is in clear falling in pieces. He strongly feels that the state of the house is the consequence of the moral decay of its owner who is a good for nothing, solely interested in hunting a. A wonderful classic of 19th century Spanish prose. D. Flores Emilia Pardo Bazán stands as perhaps the Spanish speaking world's greatest woman novelist. Along with Galdos and Clarín she was one of the three most important writers of late 19th century Spain. An intellectual of astounding breadth, she was the lead. "Entertaining historical novel with very good descriptions of characters and places" according to meneca richardson. Entertaining historical novel with very good descriptions of characters and places.
People may travel by donkey in this book, but it could have been written yesterday.” —The Guardian. “An absolutely first-rate novelist Bazán’s genius lies in the way she mixes comedy, farce, realism and heightened-pitch hysteria with a dash of gothic
Combining gothic elements with humor and social satire, The House of Ulloa is the finest achievement of Emilia Pardo Bazán, one of the most dynamic figures of her time.For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. An unforgettable tragicomic novel of sexual and political intrigue in 19th-century SpainOne of the greatest nineteenth-century Spanish novels, The House of Ulloa follows pious Father Julián Alvarez, who is sent to a crumbling country estate to put in order the affairs of the marquis, an irresponsible libertine. When the sensitive priest discovers the moral decadence, cruelty, and corruption at his new home, his well-meaning but ineffectual attempts to prevent the fall of the House of Ulloa end in tragedy. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date trans