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Saragossa: A Story of Spanish Valor

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By Benito Pérez Galdós
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The narrative dramatizes the second siege of a Spanish provincial capital during the Napoleonic invasion, interweaving military operations and the daily life of besieged citizens. Portraits of varied figures—a parsimonious patriarch, his devoted daughter, a civic leader, and the celebrated Maid of the city—reveal how personal loyalties, private romances, and social contradictions persist amid bombardment, shortages, and political turmoil. Scenes alternate between desperate defense, communal resilience, and moments of music, dancing, and tenderness, while the text examines patriotism, the costs of war, and the resilience of ordinary people confronting occupation and civil disarray.

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Title: Saragossa: A Story of Spanish Valor

Author: Benito Pérez Galdós

Translator: Minna Caroline Smith

Release date: December 24, 2014 [eBook #47769]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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Saragossa
TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
New Fiction.

Saragossa

When the other events of the Spanish war shall be lost in the obscurity of time, or only traced by disconnected fragments, the story of Zaragoza, like some ancient triumphal pillar standing amidst ruins, will tell a tale of past glory, and already men point to the heroic city and call her Spain.

Napier's "Peninsular War"

SARAGOSSA

A Story of Spanish Valor

AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION FROM THE ORIGINAL

OF

B. PÉREZ GALDÓS

BY

MINNA CAROLINE SMITH

BOSTON

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

1899

Copyright, 1899,

By Little, Brown, and Company

All rights reserved

University Press
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A.