The House of Ulloa

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<p>A rich and unforgettable tragic-comic novel of sexual intrigue and political scheming, <i>The House of Ulloa</i> is one of the greatest works of nineteenth-century Spanish literature.<br><br><i>The House of Ulloa</i> follows pure and pious Father Julián 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, Julián's well-meaning but ineffectual attempts to prevent the fall of the House of Ulloa end in tragedy. Combining gothic elements with humour and social satire, <i>The House of Ulloa</i> is the finest achievement of Emilia Pardo Bazán, a prolific writer, feminist, traveller and intellectual, and one of the most dynamic figures of her time.<br><br>Brilliantly balancing biting satire and gothic undertones, and evoking a rich sense of place, this is a wonderful novel that deserves to be ranked with the other great books of the period. <br><br>The Countess Emilia Pardo Bazán was born in 1851 and married at sixteen. After separating from her husband, she embarked on an affair with novelist Benito Pérez Galdós. <i>The House of Ulloa</i> (1886) is generally considered as her masterpiece among her many literary works. <br><br>Professor Paul O'Prey is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Roehampton, London. <br><br>Lucia Graves has translated works by Robert Graves, Anaïs Nin, Katherine Mansfield and Carlos Ruiz Zafón, and is the author of a memoir, <i>A Woman Unknown, </i>and a novel, <i>The Memory House.</i><br><br>'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<br><br>'Pardo Bazán's mastery of social types and of the political currents that swirled around the liberal revolution are unsurpassed in Spanish lit

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780141392950

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 130 x 20 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd