by Ángel de Saavedra · Ediciones El País, Colección Clásicos Españoles nº 21, 2005, Madrid. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498150421
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«Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino» is the romantic drama by the Duke of Rivas, published by Ediciones El País in paperback (141 pages, in Spanish).
Don Álvaro, pursued by an adverse fate, defies social conventions; impossible loves, violent deaths and unleashed passions form a tragic spiral. The work, premiered in 1835, marked the beginning of Spanish Romanticism and reflects in rugged mountains, storms and lightning the turmoil of its characters.
Ángel de Saavedra is the author, known as the Duke of Rivas. This 2005 edition is number 21 of the Clásicos Españoles collection from El País.
For literature students and readers interested in Spanish Romanticism and 19th-century classical theater.
Ángel de Saavedra y Ramírez de Baquedano, 3rd Duke of Rivas was a Spanish poet, dramatist and politician who was Prime Minister of Spain in 1854. He is best known for his play Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino (1835), the first romantic success in the Spanish theater.
