La Regenta
$39.75
- Paperback
736 pages
- Release Date
1 June 1984
Summary
This is the first English translation of La Regenta.
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.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140443462 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140443460 |
| Author: | Leopoldo Alas, John Rutherford |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 736 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 June 1984 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 31mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Leopoldo Alas
Leopoldo Alas, “Clarin” (1852 - 1901). His only other novel is 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 Merito en las Bellas Artes.
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