by Leopoldo Alas Clarín · Optima · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788489693005
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«La Regenta» is the novel by Leopoldo Alas «Clarín», published by Optima in paperback (701 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the city of Vetusta, a stand-in for Oviedo, the novel follows Ana Ozores, married and discontented, who seeks solace in religion and love while awakening the passion of Fermín de Pas. It portrays the hypocrisy and tedium of provincial Spanish society in the nineteenth century.
The novel, originally published in 1884, is presented in a complete and illustrated edition from Optima.
Leopoldo Enrique García-Alas y Ureña, also known as Clarín, was a Spanish realist novelist and journalist born in Zamora. His inflammatory articles, known as paliques (“chitchat”), as well as his advocacy of liberalism and anti-clericalism, made him a formidable and controversial critical voice. He died in Oviedo.
