Doña Perfecta (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Benito PérezGaldós
- First Published: 1876
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social morality
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: Orbajosa, Spain
- Genres: Long fiction, Problem novel
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Gossip, Spain or Spanish people, Libel or slander
- Locales: Spain
Characters Discussed
Doña Perfecta Polentinos (DOHN-yah pehr-FEHK-tah poh-lehn- TEE-nohs), a wealthy and intensely religious woman who lives in the provincial town of Orbajosa, Spain. She represents the old order of provincial Spanish life: reactionary traditionalism, country (versus city) values, regional (versus central) government control, and, above all, neo-Catholicism characterized by religious intolerance and often profound hypocrisy. Her religious convictions—indeed, her whole way of life—are challenged when her nephew and ideological foil Pepe Rey appears on the...
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