Lady Bei Feida

Author: (Spanish) Galdós / Wang Yongda
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The Lady of the Bitter Orange depicts the feudal life in a backward town in inland Spain at the end of the 19th century. Young engineer Bébe comes to this town to marry his cousin. When he sees the local underdeveloped conditions, he decides to stay. He plans to open factories and develop education, but faces strong opposition from his aunt, the Lady of the Bitter Orange, and church authorities. In the end, the decadent forces took away his young life.