La Regenta - Softcover

Alas, Leopoldo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140443460 ISBN 13: 9780140443462

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1985

Synopsis

Married to the retired magistrate of Vetusta, Ana Ozores cares deeply for her much older husband but feels stifled by the monotony of her life in the shabby and conservative provincial town. And when she embarks on a quest for fulfillment through religion and even adultery, a bitter struggle begins between a powerful priest and a would-be Don Juan for the passionate young woman's body and soul. Scandalizing contemporary Spain when it was first published in 1885, with its searing critique of the Church and its frank treatment of sex, La Regenta is a compelling and witty depiction of the complacent and frivolous world of upper-class society.

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About this title

About the Author:

Leopoldo Alas, also known as "Clarín" (1852 - 1901) wrote La Regenta (1884) and Su único hijo (1891). 

John Rutherford is a fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, where he teaches Spanish, Spanish-American, and Galician language and literature. He has also translated Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes for Penguin Classics. For the translation of La Regenta he was decorated in 1984 by King Juan Carlos of Spain with the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes.

Language Notes:

Text: Spanish

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0140443460
• ISBN 13: 9780140443462
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 736