Un voluntario realista by Benito Pérez Galdós

"Un voluntario realista" by Benito Pérez Galdós is a historical novel written and published in 1878. Set entirely in rural Catalonia, the story follows Pepet Armengol, a submissive boy who serves as a convent sacristan, and Sor Teodora de Aransis, a beautiful nun with fanatical views on war and religion. The novel depicts Pepet's transformation from devoted church servant to fierce royalist volunteer during the War of the Agraviados, a brief but significant 1827 uprising that Galdós describes as "repugnant and obscure" yet crucial for understanding Spain's subsequent civil conflicts. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Pérez Galdós, Benito, 1843-1920
Title Un voluntario realista
Original Publication Madrid: Perlado, Páez y Compañía, 1906.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un_voluntario_realista
Credits Ramón Pajares Box. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries.)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 62.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language Spanish
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Historical fiction
Subject Spain -- History -- Ferdinand VII, 1813-1833 -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 72090
Release Date
Last Update Jul 26, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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