The forbidden / Benito Pérez Galdós ; translated by Robert S. Rudder and Gloria Arjona ; introduction and notes by Robert S. Rudder.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-418).

Translated from the Spanish.

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Benito Pérez Galdós, considered Spain's most important novelist after Cervantes, wrote 77 novels, several works of theater and a number of other tomes during his lifetime (1843-1920). His works have been translated into all major languages of the world,

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE; I SPEAK OF MY ARRIVAL IN MADRID, AND I SPEAK AT LENGTH OF MY UNCLE RAFAEL AND OF MY COUSINS MARÍA JUANA, ELOÍSA AND CAMILA; INDISPENSABLE INFORMATION ABOUT MY ASSETS, WITH SOME PARTICULARS ABOUT MY UNCLE'S FAMILY, AND THE FOUR WALLS OF ELOÍSA; MY COUSIN RAIMUNDO, MY UNCLE SERAFÍN, AND MY FRIENDS; WEAKNESS; I SPEAK OF ANOTHER PAIN, WORSE THAN THE ONE JUST PASSED, AND OF POOR KITTY; THE FOUR WALLS OF ELOÍSA; DINNER AT CAMILA'S HOUSE; VIII; MUCH LOVE (OH, PARIS, PARIS), MANY NUMBERS AND THE LEGEND OF THE GLASS BEADS.

CARRILLO WAS A BETTER MAN THAN ITHE THURSDAYS OF ELOÍSA; SPASMS OF ARITHMETIC THAT END WITH ACCOUNTS OF LOVE; THE ADVANTAGES OF LIVING IN YOUR OWN HOUSE. THE TERRIBLE NIGHT.; ICE; I RELATE HOW MY GODSON DIED, AND THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AFTERWARD; PART TWO; HOW WE FINALLY FOUGHT IN TRUTH; I CONTINUE TO NARRATE THINGS VERY PERTINENT TO THIS TRUE HISTORY; ABOUT THE DIFFERENT WAYS THE CITIZENS OF MADRID SPEND THEIR SUMMER HOLIDAYS; IDYLL IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, FISHING, SWIMMING, BOATING, AND FRIPPERY -- THE MOST EMPTYHANDED OF ALL IDYLLS, OF ANY SORT.

I GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF HOW MY ILLS BECOME WORSE AND OF THE REMEDY I APPLY TO THEM. GONZALO TORRES.THE MONDAYS OF MARÍA JUANA; SEVERAL LITTLE ITEMS THAT I SHOULD NOT LEAVE IN THE INKWELL, AND ELOÍSA'S ILLNESS; CONCERNING THE NOISIEST MOST DISAGREEABLE UPROAR I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE; THE SETTLEMENTS OF MAY AND JUNE; NEBUCHADNEZZAR; FINALE; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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