Böcker av Emilia Pardo Bazán

Julián, un joven capellán sin experiencia, llega a Los Pazos de Ulloa con el objetivo de ayudar a Don Pedro con el manejo de su hacienda. Julián pronto descubre que detrás de su noble fachada en Los Pazos habitan el desastre, la ruina y -lo peor de todo- el pecado. Esta fascinante novela se centra en tres personajes diametralmente opuestos: Julián, el espiritual e ineficiente capellán; Don Pedro Moscoso, marqués de Ulloa, el tosco e inculto dueZo de Los Pazos de Ulloa y Primitivo, el sagaz mayordomo que hará todo lo posible para despojar de su hacienda a su incapaz amo. Los Pazos de Ulloa se ambienta en la montaZa gallega y es un relato de la lucha entre lo espiritual y lo mundano, campesinos y aristócratas y también del conflicto de géneros propio de la época. Esta edición de Los Pazos de Ulloa está enriquecida con apuntes autobiográficos. Emilia Pardo Bazán es considerada como la más grande novelista del mundo hispanohablante y una de los más sobresalientes escritores espaZoles de finales del siglo XIX.

Emilia Pardo Bazan (1852-1921) stands as perhaps the Spanish speaking world's greatest woman novelist. Along with Galdós and Clarín she was one of the three most important writers of late 19th century Spain. An intellectual of astounding breadth, she was the leading exponent of the Naturalist literary school in her country - as attested by her numerous theoretical writings on the subject - and was an outspoken feminist. Her many novels introduced Naturalism into Spanish literature. The Swan of Vilamorta (originally published in 1891) was among those about social decay in her native Galicia.

CONTENTSFirst Love, by Emilia Pardo BazanAn Andalusian Duel, by Serafin Estebanez CalderonMariquita the Bald, by Juan Eugenio HartzenbuschThe Love of Clotilde, by Armando Palacio ValdesCaptain Veneno's Proposal of Marriage, by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon

Although written a century ago, the sixteen stories by Emilia Pardo Bazan collected in this volume are strikingly relevant to contemporary concerns. Noted for narrative complexity, stylistic variety, and feminist themes, Pardo Bazan's stories explore many aspects of the relationships between men and women. Both outspoken and witty, melancholy and humorous, these stories will interest general readers as well as students and scholars of Spanish literature.

This rich and unforgettable story of sexual intrigue and political scheming, written by the Spanish feminist and intellectual Emilia Pardo Bazan, deserves recognition as one of the great nineteenth-century novels. The House of Ulloa follows pure and pious Father Juli n Alvarez, who is sent to a remote country estate to put the affairs of the marquis, an irresponsible libertine, in order. When he discovers moral decadence, cruelty and corruption at his new home, Juli n's well-meaning but ineffectual attempts to prevent the fall of the House of Ulloa end in tragedy. The House of Ulloa is the finest achievement of Emilia Pardo Baz n, a prolific writer, feminist, traveller and intellectual, and one of the most dynamic figures of her time.Fans of Zola or Hardy will enjoy the novel's rich naturalism, which combines gothic elements with evocative descriptions of Spanish customs and the countryside. At the same time, the novel evokes the social comedy of a Dickens or Thackeray with its biting social satire, frank exposure of sexual mores, and gentle mockery of its innocent hero-priest.

A selection of poems from a poet writing at the turn of the twentieth century.