La corte de los milagros

Synopsis of La corte de los milagros

«La corte de los milagros» is the novel by Ramón del Valle-Inclán published by Ediciones Júcar in hardcover, with 305 pages in Spanish.

Set in the Madrid of Isabella II, the novel portrays palace intrigues and political conflicts of a corrupt and decadent court. Valle-Inclán uses the esperpento to distort reality and offer a biting satire of nineteenth-century Spanish society, with characters ranging from the aristocracy to the underworld.

First installment of the series «El Ruedo Ibérico». The work was originally published in 1927; this 1976 edition includes a prologue by José Bergamín.

For readers of Spanish literary classics who want to approach the esperpento and Valle-Inclán's satirical narrative.