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Emilia Pardo Bazán

Born

in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

September 16, 1851

Died

May 12, 1921

Genre

Classics, Fiction, Costumbrism

Influences

Émile Zola, Honoré de Balzac, Victor Hugo, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, M ...more

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Emilia Pardo Bazán was a Galician author and scholar from Galicia. She is known for bringing naturalism to Spanish literature, for her detailed descriptions of reality, and for her role in feminist literature of her era.
Her first novel, Pascual López (1879), is a simple exercise in fantasy of no remarkable promise, though it contains good descriptive passages of romance. It was followed by a more striking story, Un viaje de novios (1881), in which a discreet attempt was made to introduce into Spain the methods of French realism. The book caused a sensation among the literary cliques, and this sensation was increased by the appearance of another naturalistic tale, La tribuna (1885), wherein the influence of Émile Zola is unmistakable. Meanwh ...more

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Average rating: 3.62 · 3,252 ratings · 294 reviews · 286 distinct works • Similar authors

	Los pazos de Ulloa 3.65 avg rating — 1,425 ratings — published 1886 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Infidelidad 2.83 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Insolación 3.51 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1889 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La tribuna 3.25 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1883 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La madre Naturaleza 3.82 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1887 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memorias de un solterón 4.16 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1896 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un viaje de novios 3.43 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1881 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La sirena negra 3.36 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1908 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un destripador de antaño y otros cuentos 3.79 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1975 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Torn Lace and Other Stories: An English Translation by Emilia Pardo Bazán, Maria C. Urruela (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Emilia Pardo Bazán

Saga de Ulloa (2 books)
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Adán y Eva (2 books)
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Quotes by Emilia Pardo Bazán

“La dictadura es como una aria y nunca llega a ser ópera.”
― Emilia Pardo Bazán

tags: aria, dictadura, opera, politica

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“God punishes sins, but the world I see only punishes lack of foresight and blunders.”
― Emilia Pardo Bazán

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“Señor, ¿por qué no han de tener las mujeres derecho para encontrar guapos a los hombres que lo sean, y por qué ha de mirarse mal que lo manifiesten? (...) Si no lo decimos, lo pensamos, y no hay nada mas peligroso que lo reprimido y oculto, lo que se queda dentro.”
― Emilia Pardo Bazán, Insolación

tags: fiction, literature

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