La segunda casaca by Benito Pérez Galdós

"La segunda casaca" by Benito Pérez Galdós is a novel published in 1876. It narrates the events leading to the Liberal Triennium in Spain, centered on King Ferdinand VII's opportunistic adoption of the Constitution he had revoked eight years earlier. The story follows various characters including Salvador Monsalud, guerrilla fighter Carlos Navarro, and the cynical Juan Bragas, who switches political allegiances as circumstances demand. The narrative blends melodramatic intrigue with street riots, Inquisition dungeons, and palace scenes, offering a tragicomic chronicle of political opportunism. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Pérez Galdós, Benito, 1843-1920
Title La segunda casaca
Original Publication Spain: Librería de los sucesores de Hernando, 1909.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_segunda_casaca
Credits Ramón Pajares Box (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries.)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 56.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language Spanish
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Spain -- History -- Ferdinand VII, 1813-1833 -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 71055
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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