Los pazos de Ulloa

Name: Los pazos de Ulloa
Author: Emilia Pardo Bazán
ISBN: 9781802567731

Author: Emilia Pardo Bazán
Read by: Valentin Marquez
Language: Spanish
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes
ISBN: 9781802567731
Published: 3 August 2025
Imprint: Sovereign

Galicia
aristocracy
societal decay
moral corruption
19th century Spain
rural life
power dynamics
passion
betrayal
clergy

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Los pazos de Ulloa by Emilia Pardo Bazán is a naturalist novel depicting the moral and social decay of rural Galician aristocracy. Young, idealistic priest Julián Álvarez arrives at the remote estate of Nogueirosa, serving the brutish, hedonistic nobleman Don Pedro Moscoso, lord of Ulloa. Exposed to corruption, superstition, and violence, Julián’s hopes for reform clash with entrenched backwardness. The novel critiques the decline of old nobility, the hypocrisy of the Church, and the harsh realities of provincial life. A stark portrayal of power, greed, and isolation in 19th-century Spain.

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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Ebook · Spanish · Sovereign9781787363106