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Three-Cornered Hat (Hardcover)

by Pedro Antonio De Alarcon (Author) "It was at the beginning of the long century which is now drawing to a close ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover
  • Publisher: Amereon Ltd (Dec 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0848809033
  • ISBN-13: 978-0848809034
  • Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 14.7 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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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. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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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. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A humourous tale, 14 Dec 2009
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This review is from: The Three-cornered Hat (Oneworld Classics) (Paperback)
This is one of only a few tales from Alarcon and was written in 1874. The book has a short introduction which details a few background facts one of which is that this established Spanish folk story, retold here by Pedro, was made into a Ballet by Falla. The story is a little over 100 pages and is more a novella and can be read in one sitting. This is a sex farce very much in the mode of the Decamaron but even though written 500 years later is far less explicit. The first two chapters place the story in an interesting historical context of the power of the establishment.

The basic events, set just prior to Napolian's peninsula war, are that the Corregidor, the magistrate, fancies the miller Tio's beautiful yet faithful wife. He engages his constable, the Weasle, to assist him in a plan to remove the husband for an evening. The plan heads for disaster when Corregidor falls into a river just outside the miller's house. An exchange of clothes ensues. The epilogue predates the modern style of narrative in providing a very swift final ending for each of the characters.

This is a good rounded story, not hilarious by any means, but fun nonetheless.
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