BY
B. PEREZ GALDÓS
Author of "Gloria," etc.
From the Spanish by CLARA BELL
REVISED AND CORRECTED IN THE UNITED STATES
NEW YORK
WILLIAM S. GOTTSBERGER, PUBLISHER
11 MURRAY STREET
1883
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883
By William S. Gottsberger
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington
THIS TRANSLATION WAS MADE EXPRESSLY FOR THE PUBLISHER
Press of
William S. Gottsberger
New York
Those who have read "Gloria" will, it ishoped, hail with pleasure another work by thesame writer, Perez Galdós—different it is true,but in its way not less delightful.
The strongly-marked humor and darkly-paintedtragedy of "Gloria" are not to be foundin "Marianela;" the characters are distinct andcrisply sketched, but with a tender hand, thecatastrophe is pitiable, rather shocking; the wholetone is idyllic.
I have not hesitated to translate literally theSpanish words of endearment; for though they areforeign to the calmer spirit of our northerntongue they are too characteristic to be lost, andthey are strangely pathetic as the only outletfound for the imprisoned spirit of the haplesslittle heroine.
CLARA BELL.
| CHAP. | PAGE. | |
| I.— | Gone Astray. | 1 |
| II.— | Guided Right. | 10 |
| III.— | A Dialogue which explains much. | 24 |
| IV.— | Stony Hearts. | 35 |
| V.— | Labor, and a Landscape with Figures. | 52 |
| VI.— | Absurdities. | 62 |
| VII.— | More Absurdities. | 73 |
| VIII.— | And yet more. | 84 |
| IX.— | The Brothers Golfin. | 98 |
| X.— | Nobody's Children. | 117 |
| XI.— | The Patriarch of Aldeacorba. | 124 |