Angel.

Author: (Spanish) Galdós
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Publishing Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book depicts the brief life of the protagonist, ángel Grá, who lived to be only in his thirties, his actions in both family and social life, his joys and sorrows, his pursuits and setbacks, his loves and hates. The story unfolds against the backdrop of the late 1890s. Galdós narrates several historical events through the mouth of ángel Grá to the readers. It can be said that this work is a realistic and magnificent portrayal of Spanish social life during that period. People from all walks of life, such as officers, soldiers, commoners, vendors, priests, officials, fallen nobles, farmers, beggars, men, women, the elderly, and children, are all depicted with their representative activities, painting a colorful and diverse political, social, family, religious, urban, and rural multi-dimensional, multi-perspective picture. The author vividly and appropriately portrays their words, actions, lives, activities, joys, sorrows, and emotions.