The three-cornered hat / Pedro Antonio de Alarcon ; translated by Peter Bush.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de, 1833-1891.

Contributor:

Bush, Peter R., 1946-

Standardized Title:

Sombrero de tres picos. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Andalusia (Spain)--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Andalusia (Spain).

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

x, 100 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Hesperus Press, 2004.

Language Note:

Translated from the Spanish.

Summary:

When the hideous and lascivious corregidor Don Eugenio takes a fancy to the formidable--and formidably desirable--Senora Frasquita, the wife of the local miller, the couple sets about foiling his plans for a seduction. There ensues a fast-paced comedy of moonlight flits, clothes swapping, mistaken identity, and slapstick mishaps as the characters struggle in vain to maintain both dignity and marital harmony. Calm is eventually restored in a scene of unmasking and mutual forgiveness of truly operatic proportions. Pedro Alarcon (1833-91) is one of Spain's most prominent writers. He is chiefly remembered for his subtly ironic plots and quintessentially Spanish settings and characterizations.

Notes:

"Hesperus classics."

ISBN:

1843910802

OCLC:

53871829