by Benito Pérez Galdós · Ediciones Eneida · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788417726249
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«Gerona» is the historical novel by Benito Pérez Galdós, published in paperback by Ediciones Eneida in 2021 (80 pages, in Spanish).
The novel recreates the defense of Gerona against the Napoleonic army: amid hunger, epidemics and assaults, the besieged population resists with courage, while the narrator, a witness to the battle, describes the tragedy and heroism of the people. Galdós interweaves the events of war with the suffering and dignity of the anonymous characters.
Gerona belongs to the first series of the Episodios Nacionales; the action takes place during the Spanish War of Independence.
It is suitable reading for young people and adults who wish to approach the history of Spain through a classic by Galdós.
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