Pérez Galdós, Benito
"Fortunata y Jacinta: dos historias de casadas" by Benito Pérez Galdós is a novel published between January and June 1887. Set in Madrid during the second half of the nineteenth century, it tells the intertwined lives of two women from different social classes united by tragic destiny. Fortunata, a young woman from the lower classes, and Jacinta, a sensitive member of the upper class, orbit around each other in a tale populated by over a hundred vividly drawn characters, creating a sweeping portrait of Spanish society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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