PUBLISHERS OF LITERARY FICTION SINCE 1983
Translator: Charles de Salis Edited by: Andrew Crumey Cover illustration: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
"Crushed by poverty or the weight of their pretensions, the high and low life of 19th century Madrid provides the cast for this enjoyably bleak portrait of a family's decline, fall and recovery. The widow Dona Francisca, reduced from salon to slum, is protected by her servant Benita, who begs and barters in a daily battle with starvation and her mistress's pride. When a sudden inheritance enriches the old crow, Benita is cast aside. Galdos's Spain teems with saints and sinners, corrupted as much by poverty as by wealth."
The Sunday Times
RRP: £8.99
No. of pages: 280
Publication date: 14.02.1995
ISBN numbers:
Paperback
978 1 873982 85 3
Ebook
978 1 909232 77 8
Rights:
World English Language in this translation.