Libros de Leopoldo Alas (4 libros)

La Regenta is a realist novel by Spanish author Leopoldo Alas y Ureña. It tells about a woman married to an older man of high power and property but feeling unhappy in this marriage. To escape from the grey routine of emotionless married life, the main character accepts courtesy from another man, not being aware that he's not her only admirer.

With its frank sexuality and searing critique of the Church, "La Regenta" scandalized contemporary Spain when it was first published in 1885. 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. 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 womanas body and soul. Spainas answer to "Madame Bovary, La Regenta" wittily depicts...

Leopoldo Alas, Clarín, es una de las figuras intelectualmente brillantes y atractivas del siglo XIX español. Domina, de forma absoluta, el panorama de la crítica literaria en la segunda mitad del siglo. (...)Los relatos breves de Clarín son muestra evidente de un dualismo que aparece fijado en los dos sentimientos contrapuestos por Leopoldo Alas a través de sus relatos: vitalismo y ternura frente a intelectualismo seco y racionalización excesiva.

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