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War and siege vocabulary, first-person historical narration, long narrative sentences, dialogue, 19th-century Spanish prose
This article contains the full text of Benito Pérez Galdós’s novel Zaragoza (1874), the sixth of the first series of the Episodios nacionales. The young Gabriel Araceli tells of the second siege of the city by the French in 1808-09, and of his friend Agustín Montoria’s secret love. Level B2 suits readers who can follow long narrative sentences and everyday dialogue in Spanish. You will learn the vocabulary of war, siege and city life, and the spelling of 19th-century Spanish prose.
