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  • Published: 23 October 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141392950
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $29.99

The House of Ulloa



A rich and unforgettable tragic-comic novel of sexual intrigue and political scheming in nineteenth-century Spain

One of the greatest nineteenth-century Spanish novels, The House of Ulloa follows pure and pious Father Julián Alvarez, who is sent to a remote country estate to put the affairs of the marquis, an irresponsible libertine, in order. When he discovers moral decadence, cruelty and corruption at his new home, Julián's well-meaning but ineffectual attempts to prevent the fall of the House of Ulloa end in tragedy. Combining gothic elements with humour and social satire, The House of Ulloa is the finest achievement of Emilia Pardo Bazán, a prolific writer, feminist, traveller and intellectual, and one of the most dynamic figures of her time.

  • Published: 23 October 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141392950
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $29.99

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Praise for The House of Ulloa

An absolutely first-rate novelist [...] Bazán's genius lies in the way she mixes comedy, farce, realism and heightened-pitch hysteria with a dash of gothic [...] People may travel by donkey in this book, but it could have been written yesterday

Nick Lezard, Guardian

Pardo Bazán's mastery of social types and of the political currents that swirled around the liberal revolution are unsurpassed in Spanish literature ... O'Prey and Graves ... avoid awkward literalisms while nonetheless remaining true to the spirit of the original

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