Project Gutenberg 2005-04-28 Public domain in the USA. 1496 Pérez Galdós, Benito 1843 1920 Galdós, Benito Pérez Perez Galdos, Benito Galdós, Pérez Galdós, B. Pérez Marsh, Arthur Richmond 1861 1937 Marsh, Arthur R. (Arthur Richmond) Byington, Steven T. (Steven Tracy) 1868 1957 Byington, Steven Tracy Doña Perfecta Reading ease score: 60.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Stan Goodman, Miranda van de Heijning, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Doña Perfecta" by Benito Pérez Galdós is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around the character Don José Rey, who travels to the fictional provincial town of Orbajosa to visit his aunt, Doña Perfecta, after years apart. The book explores themes of social conflict, tradition versus modernity, and the struggles faced by individuals against the backdrop of a rigidly conservative society. At the start of the narrative, Don José arrives at a small, desolate train station, where he is greeted by Tío Licurgo, who will take him to Orbajosa. As they journey through the harsh landscape, characterized by poverty and desolation, Don José engages in conversation with Licurgo, expressing his discontent with the region's bleakness. The discourse touches on familial connections, as Don José learns about his relatives and the expectations surrounding his visit, particularly regarding a potential match with his cousin Rosario. The opening sets the stage for examining the tensions that arise when modern ideals confront entrenched traditional values, hinting at the larger conflicts that will unfold as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en es Married women -- Fiction Spanish language -- Readers Spain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Religion and politics -- Spain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction Liberalism -- Spain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction Social conflict -- Spain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1062557 1056785 2024-10-07T07:01:57.885331 2023-09-07T08:21:40.538835 text/html text/html 1083256 2023-10-22T15:47:13 text/html 430052 2024-10-07T07:02:42.561600 application/epub+zip 446233 2024-10-07T07:02:09.848430 application/epub+zip 446233 2024-10-07T07:02:03.520297 application/epub+zip 957390 2024-10-07T07:02:56.500522 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1031626 2024-10-07T07:02:33.106159 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 994491 2022-09-07T23:23:32.240857 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 814771 814671 2024-10-07T07:01:48.851370 2023-09-07T08:21:32.330756 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 814582 2023-10-22T15:47:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21006 2024-10-07T07:02:56.713504 application/rdf+xml 10290 2024-10-07T07:02:04.385296 image/jpeg 3015 2024-10-07T07:02:03.954289 image/jpeg 407326 2024-10-07T07:01:57.969324 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 en.wikipedia