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Marianela

Chapter 31: ANTINOUS
By Benito Pérez Galdós
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The narrative follows Nela, an impoverished orphan who guides and comforts a blind young man whose affection elevates her place in his inner world. A compassionate physician proposes and effects the restoration of sight, and the arrival of visible beauty and social expectations reshapes relationships: the once-blind man’s perceptions and attachments shift, leaving Nela exposed to rejection and despair. Set in a rural mining district, the story contrasts inner worth with outward appearance, examines social inequality and the ethical weight of medical intervention, and moves from pastoral tenderness to a quietly devastating, tragic resolution.

ANTINOUS

A ROMANCE OF ANCIENT ROME

BY

GEORGE TAYLOR

From the German by Mary J. Safford.

"Antinous, a Romance of Ancient Rome, from the German of George Taylor, by Mary J. Safford, is one of those faithful reproductions of ancient manners, customs and scenery which German authors are so fond of writing, and in which they are so wonderfully successful. The story deals with the old age of the Emperor Hadrian and with his favorite Antinous. The recital is full of power, and is extraordinary in its vividly realistic drawing of character. Though a minutely close study of historical detail, it is spirited in the telling and of absorbing interest in the plot and descriptions. The era and the personages stand out with stereoscopic clearness. Nothing could be finer than the portrait of the melancholy Hadrian and its beautifully-contrasted fellow picture, the sorrowful Antinous. The book is one that appeals to every cultivated taste, and overflows with interest of the most refined description."—Saturday Evening Gazette, Boston, July 1, 1882.

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