MARRIAGE IN BENITO PÉREZ GALDÓS’S “CONTEMPORARY NOVELS”
MARRIAGE IN BENITO PÉREZ GALDÓS’S “CONTEMPORARY NOVELS”

Summary/Abstract: Spanish literary critics consider that readers can acquire historical knowledge about the 19th century in Spain much easier from Galdós’s novels than from history books. Galdós’s literary works encompass considerable historical, anthropological and sociological information, and the novelist faithfully depicts the technological and scientific advancements, as well as the development of the society and what his contemporaries had been dreaming to achieve.Since the novelist eagerly desired to describe very faithfully his society for the posterity, he could not ignore the role of marriage during the 19th century in Spain. The wedded pair was not looking for love, but for an alliance of convenience, mostly due to economic purposes. In this article we intend to unravel when and why Galdós’s characters decided to get married.

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