Published by the Folio Society in 1976, this is Perez Galdos\'s classic novel about contemporary Madrid. His portrait of a lady in a spendthrift society in a capital of sleaze, caught between revolution and restoration, remains a pertinent moral lesson for modern times. Translated by Lester Clark. Drawings by Augustin Blancovaras.Illustrated cloth boards with gilt over red lettering to spine. Matching endpapers. No slip case. previous owner\'s name to title page, otherwise unmarked condition throughout. 339pp