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- Author: Benito Peréz Galdós, Charles de Salis
- Publisher: Dedalus
- Year: 2021
- Pages: 280
- ISBN-10: 1912868784
- ISBN-13: 9781912868780
- Format: 12.9 x 19.7 x 2.5 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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'Crushed by poverty or the weight of their pretensions, the high and low life of 19th century Madrid provides the cast for this enjoyably bleak portrait of a family's decline, fall and recovery. The widow Doña Paca, reduced from salon to slum, is protected by her servant Benina, who begs and barters in a daily battle with starvation and her mistress's pride. When a sudden inheritance enriches the old crow, Benina is cast aside. Galdos's Spain teems with saints and sinners, corrupted as much by poverty as by wealth.'
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- Author: Benito Peréz Galdós, Charles de Salis
- Publisher: Dedalus
- Year: 2021
- Pages: 280
- ISBN-10: 1912868784
- ISBN-13: 9781912868780
- Format: 12.9 x 19.7 x 2.5 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
'Crushed by poverty or the weight of their pretensions, the high and low life of 19th century Madrid provides the cast for this enjoyably bleak portrait of a family's decline, fall and recovery. The widow Doña Paca, reduced from salon to slum, is protected by her servant Benina, who begs and barters in a daily battle with starvation and her mistress's pride. When a sudden inheritance enriches the old crow, Benina is cast aside. Galdos's Spain teems with saints and sinners, corrupted as much by poverty as by wealth.'
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