En tranvía : Cuentos dramáticos by condesa de Emilia Pardo Bazán
"En tranvía: Cuentos dramáticos" by condesa de Emilia Pardo Bazán is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The book presents a series of dramatic vignettes, each exploring the varied complexities and struggles within everyday Spanish life, often focusing on themes of social class, fate, and the human condition. The stories introduce a range of characters from different walks of life, portraying their joys, tragedies, and moral dilemmas
with acute psychological insight. Readers can expect immersive tales rich in atmosphere, social critique, and emotional depth. The opening of the collection sets the stage aboard a Madrid tram on a spring morning, observing passengers from all social backgrounds, especially contrasting well-off families with a desperate, impoverished woman and her blind child. As the passengers' initial display of charity fails to comfort the woman's deeper anguish, a subtle critique of societal sympathy emerges. The subsequent stories start with "Adriana," recounting a mother's heartache after a traumatic ordeal threatens her only child, and "Vitorio," which introduces a "noble bandit" whose downfall is entwined with personal disgrace and family honor. Each introductory tale establishes the emotionally charged and morally complex narratives that follow, while painting a vivid picture of Spanish society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Pardo Bazán, Emilia, condesa de, 1852-1921 |
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| Title | En tranvía : Cuentos dramáticos |
| Original Publication | MADRID: ADMINISTRACIÓN, 1899. |
| Note | Reading ease score: 51.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Contents | En tranvía -- Adriana -- Vitorio -- Las desnudadas -- Semilla heroica -- Justiciero -- Elección -- La chucha -- El vino del mar -- Fuego á bordo -- La paz -- Suerte macabra -- El guardapelo -- La ventana cerrada -- Infidelidad -- De vieja raza -- Benito de Palermo -- Ley natural -- El comadrón -- El voto de Rosiña -- Vivo retrato -- El décimo -- La puñalada -- En el Santo -- Santos Bueno -- Sustitución -- La compaña -- La dentadura -- Inspiración -- Oscuramente -- El ahogado -- El molino -- Aventura -- El oficio de difuntos -- Juan Trigo -- El camafeo -- Voz de la sangre. |
| Credits | Andrés V. Galia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Language | Spanish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Short stories, Spanish |
| Subject | Spanish fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 75814 |
| Release Date | Apr 7, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 288 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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