Pepe Rey, a young engineer with modern ideas, travels from Madrid to the cathedral town of Orbajosa to marry his cousin Rosario, the daughter of his widowed aunt Doña Perfecta. Behind the town’s courtesy he meets suspicion, clerical intrigue and a fierce resistance to everything he stands for. Mary J. Serrano’s translation carries an introduction by William Dean Howells.
The 1876 novel that made Galdós’s name, a sharp picture of Spain divided between faith and progress. Download the free EPUB.