A rich and unforgettable tragic-comic novel of sexual intrigue and
political scheming, The House of Ulloa is one of the greatest works
of nineteenth-century Spanish literature. The House of Ulloa
follows pure and pious Father Julian Alvarez, who is sent to a
remote country estate to put the affairs of the marquis, an
irresponsible libertine, in order. When he discovers moral
decadence, cruelty and corruption at his new home, Julian's
well-meaning but ineffectual attempts to prevent the fall of the
House of Ulloa end in tragedy. Combining gothic elements with
humour and social satire, The House of Ulloa is the finest
achievement of Emilia Pardo Bazan, a prolific writer, feminist,
traveller and intellectual, and one of the most dynamic figures of
her time. Brilliantly balancing biting satire and gothic
undertones, and evoking a rich sense of place, this is a wonderful
novel that deserves to be ranked with the other great books of the
period. The Countess Emilia Pardo Bazan was born in 1851 and
married at sixteen. After separating from her husband, she embarked
on an affair with novelist Benito Perez Galdos. The House of Ulloa
(1886) is generally considered as her masterpiece among her many
literary works. Professor Paul O'Prey is Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Roehampton, London. Lucia Graves has translated works
by Robert Graves, Anais Nin, Katherine Mansfield and Carlos Ruiz
Zafon, and is the author of a memoir, A Woman Unknown, and a novel,
The Memory House. 'An absolutely first-rate novelist [...] Bazan's
genius lies in the way she mixes comedy, farce, realism and
heightened-pitch hysteria with a dash of gothic [...] People may
travel by donkey in this book, but it could have been written
yesterday' - Nick Lezard, Guardian 'Pardo Bazan's mastery of social
types and of the political currents that swirled around the liberal
revolution are unsurpassed in Spanish literature ... O'Prey and
Graves ... avoid awkward literalisms while nonetheless remaining
true to the spirit of the original' New Criterion
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