Fortunata and Jacinta
Original title: Fortunata y Jacinta
earliest edition we have, 1979 Cátedra, 2014 paperback 1660 pages
Novelas españolas contemporáneas
A novel about a man with "a flexible conscience", the woman he marries, and the woman who is his mistress, married to a poor apothecary. This is a love story with a difference, with a vast stage of very likeable characters, depth of detail and glimpses of Spanish politics in the post-Napoleonic era. It is also a classic of modern Spanish realism, a tragedy lightened with real humour and kindness. A good English trans...
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