La Regenta

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Description

Married to the retired magistrate of Vetusta, Ana Ozores cares deeply for her much older husband but feels stifled by the monotony of her life in the shabby and conservative provincial town. And when she embarks on a quest for fulfillment through religion and even adultery, a bitter struggle begins between a powerful priest and a would-be Don Juan for the passionate young woman’s body and soul. Scandalizing contemporary Spain when it was first published in 1885, with its searing critique of the Church and its frank treatment of sex, La Regenta is a compelling and witty depiction of the complacent and frivolous world of upper-class society.

Additional information

Weight 0.5 kg
Dimensions 3.1 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

736

Publisher

Year Published

1984-1-26

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0140443460

About The Author

Leopoldo Alas, "Clarín" (1852 – 1901). His only other novel is Su único hijo (1891).John Rutherford is a fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, where he teaches Spanish, Spanish-American, and Galician language and literature. He has also translated Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes for Penguin Classics. For the translation of La Regenta he was decorated in 1984 by King Juan Carlos of Spain with the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes.

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