Saúl

work by Gómez de Avellaneda

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discussed in biography

  • Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, detail of a portrait by Federico de Madrazo, 1857.
    In Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda

    …life of Alfonso X, and Saúl (1849), a biblical drama, achieved popular success. Her novels, such as Sab (1841), an antislavery work, are now almost completely forgotten. Twice widowed and with many lovers, she has been the subject of several biographies.

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