61
Alianza Editorial edition (Madrid, 1967), p. 246.
62
These quirks of heredity continue to interest Galdós long after La desheredada. The second Valentín (the Torquemada novels) and Leré's younger brother (Ángel Guerra) are other examples.
63
Ibid., p. 197.
64
V. «The Medical Background...»
65
Significantly, the description of the rope work is presented in terms of its impact on the sensitive Isidora.
66
In this respect, as R. Ricard has pointed out (Aspects de Galdós, Paris, 1960), Isidora bears a distinct resemblance to Fortunata.
67
«Galdós' La desheredada and Naturalism», Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, XLV (1968), 285-98. For Rodgers the tragic potential inherent in Isidora's situation is prevented from developing by Galdós' didacticism.
68
This of course is the basis of Galdós tragic vision in Fortunata y Jacinta: v. A. Zahareas, «El sentido de la tragedia en Fortunata y Jacinta», Anales Galdosianos, III (1968), 25-34.
69
Cf. the plight of Moreno Isla in Fortunata y Jacinta. The fact that Bou's wife was also a «sanguijuela» would seem to emphasise his inner craving for something above and beyond his own inadequacy - an element of glamour to embellish an otherwise dull existence.
70
M. Nimetz, Humor in Galdós (New Haven & London, 1968).