Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 65 Palacio Valdés, Armando 1853 1938 Valdés, Armando Palacio Palacio Valdes, Armando La Espuma Obras completas de D. Armando Palacio Valdés, Tomo 7. Reading ease score: 56.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Stan Goodman, Virginia Paque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "La Espuma" by Armando Palacio Valdés is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story is set in Madrid and centers around the lives of high society, introducing a range of characters who navigate their social contexts, romantic entanglements, and the intricacies of their relationships. The opening of "La Espuma" establishes a vivid scene on a sunny afternoon in Madrid's Serrano street, where a beautifully dressed lady catches the attention of passersby. As she walks with a sense of pride and distaste for the attention, she attracts the gaze of a young admirer, setting into motion a series of uncomfortable encounters between them. This initial tension builds as the woman, later identified as Clementina, tries to shake off her youthful pursuer while we are simultaneously introduced to a larger social framework of characters gathered in the home of the Calderón family. The interactions among these characters hint at underlying themes of social rivalry, courtship, and the playful yet serious dynamics of love and relationships that characterize the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) es Satire Spanish fiction Madrid (Spain) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 858438 858319 2024-10-05T09:58:23.514455 2023-10-05T09:38:18.221752 text/html text/html 858431 858312 2024-10-05T09:58:23.875443 2023-10-05T09:38:18.487733 text/html text/html 397730 2024-10-05T09:58:35.763441 application/epub+zip 413306 2024-10-05T09:58:27.140428 application/epub+zip 410815 2024-10-05T09:58:25.760481 application/epub+zip 704900 2024-10-05T09:58:42.371392 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 664190 2024-10-05T09:58:34.776402 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 649881 2022-09-06T03:37:24.056338 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 789581 789513 2024-10-05T09:58:22.887494 2023-10-05T09:38:17.745735 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 773501 2020-12-25T22:43:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 304790 2020-12-25T22:43:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 773482 2020-12-25T22:43:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 298845 2020-12-25T22:43:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21703 2024-10-05T09:58:42.503366 application/rdf+xml 13075 2024-10-05T09:58:26.302459 image/jpeg 3649 2024-10-05T09:58:26.031447 image/jpeg 393370 2024-10-05T09:58:23.955452 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog es.wikipedia en.wikipedia