Ángel Guerra (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, European Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Benito PérezGaldós
- First Published: 1890
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Political and religious tragedy
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: Madrid and Toledo
- Principal Characters: Angel Guerra, Dona Sales, Encarnacion (Cion), Lorenza (Lere), Aristides Garcia Babel, Fausto Garcia Babel, Dulcenombre (Dulce) Babel, Padre Casado
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Political fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Revolutionaries, Crime or criminals, Nineteenth century, Priests, Spain or Spanish people, Nuns
- Locales: Spain
The Story:
Angel Guerra, thirty years old and a widower, father of an adored daughter Encarnacion, had spent an unhappy childhood. An idealist, he had turned to the revolutionists, thinking that if everything were overthrown life could be improved in the rebuilding. His mother, Dona Sales, disapproved of him and treated him like a child, even after he was married. An extremely rich woman, she tried to starve her liberal-minded son into submission to her wishes, but she managed only to drive him into the company of advocates of violence, the Babels.
The Babel household...
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