The House of Ulloa
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- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
23 October 2013
Summary
A rich and unforgettable tragic-comic novel of sexual intrigue and political scheming in nineteenth-century Spain.
One of the greatest nineteenth-century Spanish novels, The House of Ulloa follows pure and pious Father Julian Alvarez, who is sent to a remote country estate to put the affairs of the marquis, an irresponsible libertine, in order. When he discovers moral decadence, cruelty and corruption at his new home, Julian’s well-meaning but ineffectual attempts to prevent …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141392950 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141392959 |
| Author: | Paul O'Prey, Emilia Pardo Bazán |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 23 October 2013 |
| Weight: | 214g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 17mm |
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“An absolutely first-rate novelist … Baz
An absolutely first-rate novelist […] Bazán’s genius lies in the way she mixes comedy, farce, realism and heightened-pitch hysteria with a dash of gothic […] People may travel by donkey in this book, but it could have been written yesterday – Nick Lezard * Guardian *
Pardo Bazán’s mastery of social types and of the political currents that swirled around the liberal revolution are unsurpassed in Spanish literature … O’Prey and Graves … avoid awkward literalisms while nonetheless remaining true to the spirit of the original – New Criterion
About The Author
Paul O'Prey
The Countess Emilia Pardo Bazan was born in 1851 and married at sixteen. After separating from her husband, she embarked on an affair with novelist Benito Perez Gald s. The House of Ulloa (1886) is generally considered as her masterpiece among her many literary works.
Professor Paul O’Prey is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Roehampton, London.
Lucia Graves has translated works by Robert Graves, Anais Nin, Katherine Mansfield and Carlos Ruiz Zaf n, and is the author of a memoir, A Woman Unknown, and a novel, The Memory House.
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