
SEGUNDA PARTE (CONTINUACIÓN)
XRazón frente á pasión.
XIEsperar.
XIIDonde se trata de la hidalguía castellana, de las leyes morales, de todo lo que hay de más venerando, y de otras cosillas.
XIIIUna figura que parece de Zurbarán y no es sino de Goya.
XIVLa revolución.
XV¿Cortesana?
XVIEl deshielo.
TERCERA PARTE
IVuelve en sí.
León Roch, a man weighed down by the expectations of his household, finds his world unsettled by a series of cryptic messages and unsettling news delivered by close friends. The sudden arrival of an anonymous note and the revelation of a recent death thrust him into a night of restless thoughts, prompting him to consider abandoning his familiar surroundings, only to retreat back into the same circle he cannot seem to escape.
In the quiet of an evening visit, León reconnects with Pepa, a confidante whose presence awakens both tenderness and forbidden longing. Their conversation, tinged with unspoken regrets and the ache of marital constraints, reveals a fragile balance between duty and desire, while a fragile child’s final breath lingers in the background, underscoring the fragile humanity at stake. The narrative captures León’s inner turmoil as he wrestles with solitude, yearning, and the moral ambiguities that define his relationships.
Language
es
Duration
~7 hours (414K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Josep Cols Canals, Carlo Traverso, Ramon Pajares Box, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Release date
2015-01-26
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1843–1920
One of the great novelists of 19th-century Spain, he turned the streets, politics, and everyday lives of Madrid into vivid fiction. Best known for the vast Episodios nacionales and novels such as Fortunata y Jacinta, he wrote with warmth, sharp observation, and a deep feel for ordinary people.
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