Edicion de Gregorio Torres Nebrera, catedratico de Literatura Espanola en la Universidad de Extremadura. En las paginas de La Regenta se recrea un gran fresco narrativo sobre la sociedad burguesa y urbana, dominada por la nobleza decadente, el clero egoista y la politica caciquil, centrado en la seduccion y el adulterio de una dama, Ana Ozores, representativa de aquella sociedad. Influido por la escuela naturalista fundamentada en Zola y Maupassant, pero anclado aun en argumentos romanticos, Leopoldo Alas Clarin escribio la que ha sido considerada como la mejor novela del siglo XIX espanol. Esta edicion incluye una introduccion que contextualiza la obra, un aparato de notas, una cronologia y una bibliografia esencial, asi como tambien varias propuestas de discusion y debate en torno a la lectura. Estuvo a su cuidado Gregorio Torres Nebrera, catedratico de literatura espanola de la Universidad de Extremadura. Cuanto mas nos acercamos al termino de nuestra ambicion, mas distante parece el objeto deseado. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Married to the retired magistrate of Vetusta, Ana Ozores cares deeply for her much older husband but feels stifled by the monotony of her life in the shabby and conservative provincial town. And when she embarks on a quest for fulfillment through religion and even adultery, a bitter struggle begins between a powerful priest and a would-be Don Juan for the passionate young woman's body and soul. Scandalizing contemporary Spain when it was first published in 1885, with its searing critique of the Church and its frank treatment of sex, La Regenta is a compelling and witty depiction of the complacent and frivolous world of upper-class society. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.