Grandes Cl sicos Literatura Random House presenta una cuidada edici n magistralmente ilustrada de esta novela imprescindible del siglo XIX espa ol.Escrita en 1892, Tristana se encuadra dentro de la serie de «novelas espa olas contempor neas , un conjunto de obras con las que el autor intent retratar los usos y las costumbres de la sociedad decimon nica. Abordando el tema de la emancipaci n de la mujer, Benito P rez Gald s nos narra la historia de Tristana, una joven que queda bajo la custodia de don Lope, un donju n crepuscular que la seduce y destruye su inocencia. Esta mujer, de car cter so ador e idealista, percibe r pidamente la injusticia que supone su condici n femenina y pretende liberarse de las circunstancias que la rodean, aunque los intentos emancipadores de la joven, v ctima de una sociedad s rdida y represiva, la conducen a un inevitable fracaso. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONRandom House Literature Classics presents a carefully prepared edition, masterfully illustrated, of this essential Spanish novel of the nineteenth century.

Written in 1892, Tristana is constructed within the "contemporary Spanish novel" series, a compound of works where the author tried to portray the uses and traditions of society in the nineteenth century. Tackling the subject of women's emancipation, Benito P rez Gald s tells the story of Tristana, a young woman living under the custody of Don Lope, a sensitive Don Juan that seduces her and destroys her innocence. This woman, a dreamer with an idealistic nature, swiftly perceives the injustice involving her feminine condition, and intents to free herself of her surrounding circumstances, even if these emancipation attempts, being victim of a sordid and repressive society, lead to inevitable failure.