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Leopoldo Alas's 'La Regenta' and his satire of Oviedo revisited
Original: En 1884, Leopoldo Alas escribió una novela sobre la ciudad en la que había vivido casi toda su vida. La retrataba como b
In 1884, Leopoldo Alas — better known as Clarín — published a novel portraying the Spanish city where he had spent nearly his whole life, depicting it as pious, gossipy, ridiculous and stupid. The work, understood to be 'La Regenta' set in Oviedo, is being discussed again after a Spanish news item resurfaced the story of how the writer skewered his own city.
Why now: A news article about Alas's unflattering portrait of Oviedo has sparked renewed conversation about the classic novel.
Leopoldo AlasClarínLa RegentaOviedoSpain
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