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Nazarín

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A devout, ascetic priest travels through impoverished neighborhoods, attempting to live out gospel charity and refusing material comforts. His radical compassion leads him into encounters with marginalized people, misunderstandings with authorities, and moral dilemmas that test his faith and social ideals. The narrative traces episodes of generosity, conflict, and failure, showing tensions between spiritual purity and practical realities, and examines religious conviction, social hypocrisy, and the costs of moral rigor. It unfolds episodically across multiple parts, alternating anecdote-like incidents and reflective passages that probe the possibilities and limits of altruism in an often hostile urban environment.

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Title: Nazarín

Author: Benito Pérez Galdós

Release date: April 2, 2024 [eBook #73322]
Most recently updated: May 23, 2024

Language: Spanish

Original publication: Madrid: Imprenta La Guirnalda, 1895

Credits: Produced by Ramón Pajares Box. (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biblioteca Digital Hispánica/Biblioteca Nacional de España.)

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Índice: — Primera parte: I, II, III, IV, V. — Segunda parte: I, II, III, IV, V, VI. — Tercera parte: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX. — Cuarta parte: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII. — Quinta parte: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII.

Nota de transcripción

  • Los errores de imprenta han sido corregidos.
  • La ortografía del texto original ha sido modernizada de acuerdo con las normas publicadas en 2010 por la Real Academia Española.
  • Las rayas intrapárrafos han sido espaciadas según los modernos usos ortotipográficos. Así mismo, la puntuación ha sufrido ligeros retoques para su modernización.

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