Libros de Leopoldo Alas (2 libros)

Married to the retired magistrate of Vetusta, Ana Ozores cares deeply for her much older husband but feels stifled by the monotony of her life in the shabby and conservative provincial town. And when she embarks on a quest for fulfillment through religion and even adultery, a bitter struggle begins between a powerful priest and a would-be Don Juan for the passionate young woman's body and soul. Scandalizing contemporary Spain when it was first published in 1885, with its searing critique of the Church and its frank treatment of sex, La Regenta is a compelling and witty depiction of the...

La Regenta is a realist novel by Spanish author Leopoldo Alas y Ureña. It tells about a woman married to an older man of high power and property but feeling unhappy in this marriage. To escape from the grey routine of emotionless married life, the main character accepts courtesy from another man, not being aware that he's not her only admirer.