{"product_id":"house-of-ulloa","title":"House Of Ulloa","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rich and unforgettable tragic-comic novel of sexual intrigue and political scheming, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Ulloa\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the greatest works of nineteenth-century Spanish literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House of Ulloa\u003c\/i\u003e follows pure and pious Father Julián Alvarez, who is sent to a remote country estate to put the affairs of the marquis, an irresponsible libertine, in order. When he discovers moral decadence, cruelty and corruption at his new home, Julián''s well-meaning but ineffectual attempts to prevent the fall of the House of Ulloa end in tragedy. Combining gothic elements with humour and social satire, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Ulloa\u003c\/i\u003e is the finest achievement of Emilia Pardo Bazán, a prolific writer, feminist, traveller and intellectual, and one of the most dynamic figures of her time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliantly balancing biting satire and gothic undertones, and evoking a rich sense of place, this is a wonderful novel that deserves to be ranked with the other great books of the period. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Countess Emilia Pardo Bazán was born in 1851 and married at sixteen. After separating from her husband, she embarked on an affair with novelist Benito Pérez Galdós. \u003ci\u003eThe House of Ulloa\u003c\/i\u003e (1886) is generally considered as her masterpiece among her many literary works. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Paul O''Prey is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Roehampton, London. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucia Graves has translated works by Robert Graves, Anaïs Nin, Katherine Mansfield and Carlos Ruiz Zafón, and is the author of a memoir, \u003ci\u003eA Woman Unknown, \u003c\/i\u003eand a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Memory House.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An absolutely first-rate novelist [...] Bazán''s genius lies in the way she mixes comedy, farce, realism and heightened-pitch hysteria with a dash of gothic [...] People may travel by donkey in this book, but it could have been written yesterday'' - Nick Lezard, Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Pardo Bazán''s mastery of social types and of the political currents that swirled around the liberal revolution are unsurpassed in Spanish literature ... O''Prey and Graves ... avoid awkward literalisms while nonetheless remaining true to the spirit of the original'' New Criterion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319916405118,"sku":"NW9780141392950","price":11.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141392950.jpg?v=1778700445","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/house-of-ulloa","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}