Emilia Pardo Bazan

The Faithful Bride Emilia Pardo Bazan

The faithful bride and other stories is a compilation of texts that Emilia Pardo Bazán published in the newspapers El Liberal and El Imparcial in the last decade of the 19th century. They are masterful stories with a common denominator: the leading role of women. He, love, lack of love, jealousy are always present in this work. Possibly the most recognized of them is The Faithful Bride takes a photograph of the society of the time and, above all, of women. Amelia, is the protagonist of this story. She is the faithful bride who has been waiting for more than 10 years to marry her boyfriend Germán. However, problems always arise that continually postpone this happy event. Tired of waiting so much, Amelia decides to make a drastic decision and break her engagement.