by Benito Pérez Galdós · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788471550019
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«Fortunata y Jacinta» is the realist novel by Benito Pérez Galdós, published by Penguin Books in paperback (1038 pages, in Spanish).
The novel tells the story of two women from opposing classes united by their relationship with Juanito Santa Cruz, a young man from a good Madrid family: Fortunata, his lover and wife of the modest Maxi Rubín, and Jacinta, his wife. Galdós portrays love, marriage, and the moral contradictions of nineteenth-century Madrid society.
Originally published in 1887 under the title «Fortunata y Jacinta: Dos historias de casadas», it is part of Benito Pérez Galdós's series of contemporary Spanish novels.
A read for those who enjoy classics of Spanish literature and nineteenth-century realism.
Benito María de los Dolores Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist and politician. He was a leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Miguel de Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist.
