{"product_id":"el-si-de-las-ninas","title":"The Maidens' Consent","description":"\u003ch5\u003eOur review\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eSometimes the label \"required high school reading\" does a lot of damage to books that are true gems. \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"148\"\u003eThe Maiden's Consent\u003c\/i\u003e is one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eIf you overcome your fear of period language, you'll find \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"62\"\u003ea modern and reivindicative romantic comedy\u003c\/b\u003e. Moratín put his finger on the pulse of a society where girls married older men simply out of obedience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eThe best part of this play are its dialogues and characters: Don Diego is surprisingly reasonable for his time, and Doña Irene is one of those unbearable comic characters who make you laugh at the ridiculousness of her behavior. It can be read in an afternoon (it's a play, everything flows quickly) and leaves you with the satisfaction of seeing common sense and love triumph. A classic that, sadly, had to fight hard against the censorship of its time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eBook details\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eDoña Paquita, a 16-year-old girl educated in a convent, is betrothed to Don Diego, a wealthy 59-year-old gentleman, at the wish of her mother, the authoritarian and talkative Doña Irene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eHowever, Paquita is in love with a young military man named Don Carlos. Through a tangle of letters, secret encounters, and misunderstandings at an inn in Alcalá de Henares, Moratín weaves a perfect plot that criticizes the hypocritical education of the time and defends the freedom of feelings above social impositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"15\"\u003eLeandro Fernández de Moratín\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Madrid, 1760-1828) was the most important playwright of the 18th century in Spain. A man of the Enlightenment and Francophile (\"The Spanish Molière\"), he firmly believed that theatre should serve to educate and improve society, not just to entertain. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"291\"\u003eThe Maiden's Consent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was his greatest success, but it also brought him problems with the Inquisition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTechnical details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli data-path-to-node=\"17,2,0\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"17,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Clásicos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-path-to-node=\"17,3,0\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"17,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788491054283\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-path-to-node=\"17,4,0\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"17,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback (Pocket)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-path-to-node=\"17,5,0\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"17,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-path-to-node=\"17,6,0\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2022\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55872570360134,"sku":"Est8\/Bal5","price":10.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0797\/5590\/3302\/files\/Elsidelasninas.webp?v=1769713730","url":"https:\/\/libreriacasadrojan.com\/en\/products\/el-si-de-las-ninas","provider":"Librería Casa Drojan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}