The Three-cornered Hat (Hesperus Classics) - Softcover

Pedro Antonio De Alarcon; Peter Bush (translator)

3.59

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9781843910800: The Three-cornered Hat (Hesperus Classics)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843910802 ISBN 13: 9781843910800

Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd, 2004

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One of the best-loved Spanish novels of all time, The Three-Cornered Hat is a hilarious tale of lust, intrigue and corrupt authorities set in eighteenth-century Andalusia. When the hideous and lascivious corregidor Don Eugenio takes a fancy to the formidable - and formidably desirable - Senora Frasquita, the wife of a local miller, the couple set about foiling his plans for a seduction. There ensues a fast-paced comedy of moonlight flits, clothes swapping, mistaken identity, and slapstick accidents 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.

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Review:

'This is a fine translation of Alarc6n's classic nineteenth-century Spanish comedy, told in the style of the oral tradition. The Three-Cornered Hot was first published in 1874 and met with great critical acclaim in Spain and abroad. It recounts the tale of the attempted seduction of Seftora Frasquita, the wife of Old Lucas the miller, by Don Eugenio the magistrate. The story may be a popular one but Alarc6n's siting of it in an identifiable historical context gives it an added dimension. The translator notes in his introduction that his translation is of 'one of the racier versions of the fable'. Themes such as honour and revenge, snapshots of well-known Spanish institutions and a continuation of the ballad tradition, make it an interesting as well as amusing story that has inspired musical compositions and ballets since its publication.' --British Bulletin of Publications

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New translation of one of the masterpieces of Spanish literature. The story has inspired Manuel de Falla's (1876-1946) one act ballet which was a huge success when it was premiered in London in 1919. Also it has inspired Suite 2, Three Dances from The Three-Cornered Hat, a Ballet in two acts by G. Martinez Sierra. Pablo Picasso did some drawings for the production of The Three-Cornered Hat.

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