by Benito Pérez Galdós, Teresa Barjau Condominas, Joaquim Parellada Casas · Editorial Vicens Vives · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788468200804
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«Tormento» is the realist novel by Benito Pérez Galdós, edited by Teresa Barjau and Joaquim Parellada, published by Vicens Vives in paperback.
In Madrid before the 1868 Revolution, Amparo, a kind and penniless young woman, lives under the thumb of her relatives, the Bringas. When the Indiano Agustín Caballero proposes marriage, her luck seems to change, but Amparo hides a scandal from the past that could ruin her hopes. The novel combines romanticism and realism with irony.
The novel was published in 1884 and belongs to the Clásicos Hispánicos collection (no. 29), with the text established from autographs, proofs, and editions published during the author's lifetime.
Annotated edition aimed at secondary and high school students, common in required or supplementary classroom reading.
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.
