Tormento

In this historical framework Galdos narrates, with an almost tone humorous in its literary presentation and a certain rhythm of the soap opera with a happy ending, the misadventures of the grotesque trio formed by a young orphan besieged by the "e;sacrilegious passion"e; of a priest without vocation, and saved by a redeemed Indian and rogue. The love triangle is complemented by the presence of a fourth character, Rosalia Pipaon, note better known as "e;Bringas's"e; for being a wife of the modest employee and "e;aspiring canonry"e; Francisco de Bringas, representatives of the "e;I want and I cannot"e; of the Madrid bourgeoisie of the time. In the deceptively folkloric structure of the novel, Rosalia de Bringas She will officiate as "e;bad story"e;, trying to seduce the Indian Agustin for one of her daughters, and "e;pushing the stream"e; to the sisters Amparo and Refugio.