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Cuentos de amor

Author
Emilia Pardo Bazán
Read by
Valentin Marquez
Language
Spanish
Length
6 hours 25 minutes
ISBN
9781802567755
Published
3 August 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Pardo Bazán
  • Realism
  • Romance
  • Spanish
  • Spanish Literature
  • Spanish Language
  • Spanish Culture
  • Español
  • Literatura española
  • cultura española

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Description

Cuentos de amor by Emilia Pardo Bazán is a compelling collection of short stories that delve into the complexities of love, passion, and desire within the rigid social structures of 19th-century Spain. Through keen psychological insight, Pardo Bazán portrays women’s inner lives, exposing the conflict between emotional longing and societal constraints. Her narratives blend realism with romantic intensity, exploring forbidden affairs, unfulfilled dreams, and the consequences of repression. A bold critique of gender roles and moral hypocrisy, this work highlights love not only as a personal force but as a battleground for identity and freedom.

Author

Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921) brought French naturalism into Spanish fiction and then made it her own. A countess, journalist, critic, and novelist, she wrote of Galicia, class, and women's lives with a candour that startled her century. Los pazos de Ulloa remains a landmark of Spanish realism: rural power, desire, and decay observed without flinch.

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