Marianela

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · Category: Literature · Subcategory: Literary street map · Year: 1878

Character and title of the work written by Benito Pérez Galdós in 1878. Marianela is a poetic novel but with a background of social denunciation, which makes it a didactic work explaining injustice, selfishness and pedantry.

"Her face was thin, very freckled, all spotted with brownish marks. She had a small forehead, pointed and the nose was not without grace, black and lively eyes; but commonly a light of sadness shone in them. Her hair, dark golden, had allowed the beautiful native colour to fade due to neglect; and from her continuous exposure to air, sun and dust. Her lips were barely visible because they were so small, and they were always smiling..."

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