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Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920) was a prolific Spanish realist novelist, who through a lack of good translations is virtually unknown outside Spain, though he has been compared as second only to Cervantes in Spanish literature and whose work is considered to give the deepest, truest, most comprehensive realities of Spain.

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Whittaker provides a smooth translation (this is a facing-page bilingual edition) and a comprehensive, insightful introduction. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.'

Table of Contents
  • Introduction:
  • Themes
  • Characters
  • Galdós and the contemporary novel
  • Translation
  • Chronology: Galdós and his epoch
  • Bibliographic note
  • Bibliography
  • Doña Perfecta
  • Notes

Galdos Dona Perfecta

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    Publisher: Liverpool University Press
    Publication Date: 6/30/2009 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780856688935, 978-0856688935
    ISBN10: 0856688932
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920) was a prolific Spanish realist novelist, who through a lack of good translations is virtually unknown outside Spain, though he has been compared as second only to Cervantes in Spanish literature and whose work is considered to give the deepest, truest, most comprehensive realities of Spain.

    Trade Review
    Whittaker provides a smooth translation (this is a facing-page bilingual edition) and a comprehensive, insightful introduction. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.'

    Table of Contents
    • Introduction:
    • Themes
    • Characters
    • Galdós and the contemporary novel
    • Translation
    • Chronology: Galdós and his epoch
    • Bibliographic note
    • Bibliography
    • Doña Perfecta
    • Notes

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