Izolo sikukhumbuze lo mbhali omuhle kangaka, U-Emilia Pardo Bazán. Sikulethele okuncane ngempilo nomsebenzi wakhe, womabili afingqiwe kafushane, futhi sikushiyele imisho yakhe eyishumi edume kakhulu. Namuhla, sifuna ukuhlaziya, futhi ngendlela emfushane futhi ejabulisayo, enye yamanoveli akhe adume kakhulu: "I-pazos de Ulloa".
Uma ufuna ukwazi ukuthi le ncwadi imayelana nani bese ufunda ingcaphuno emfushane kuyo, phuza ikhofi noma itiye futhi ujabulele le ndatshana nathi.
"I-pazos de Ulloa" (1886)
Le ncwadi yabhalwa ngo-1886 ichaza indaba ka UDon Pedro Moscoso, UMarquis wase-Ulloa, ohlala yedwa endaweni enesihluku yama-pazos akhe, isizinda sezinceku zakhe. NoSabel, indodakazi yenceku yakhe uPrimitivo, imarquis inenzalo eyisiqhwaga, abayibiza ngokuthi iPerucho. Lapho uJulián, umfundisi omusha, efika pazo, uphoqelela ukuthi ama-marquis athole umfazi ofanele, ngakho-ke ushada nomzala wakhe uNucha, okungeke kumvimbe ukuthi anqotshwe uthando olungemthetho lwenceku yakhe.
Kulesi siqeshana esisibeka ngezansi, singabona intshisekelo ku-sordid, ejwayelekile ye-Naturalism (derivation of Realism) yangaleso sikhathi:
Abafundi be-angelfish babenhlansi; izihlathi zakhe zanikela ngomlilo, futhi wakhulisa ikhala lakhe elincane lakudala ngokukhanuka okungenacala kukaBacchus esemncane. U-abbot, ecwayiza iso lakhe langakwesobunxele kabi, wamchithela enye ingilazi, wayithatha ngezandla ezimbili wayicwilisa ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa yithonsi; wavele wahleka ngokushesha; futhi, ngaphambi kokuqeda umqulu wensini yakhe ehlekayo, wawisa ikhanda lakhe, elimbala kakhulu, esifubeni semarquis.
Uyayibona? Kumemeza uJulian esosizini. Mncane kakhulu ukuthi angaphuza kanjalo, futhi uzogula. Lezi zinto azenzelwa izidalwa.
-Bah! Kwalamula iPrimitivo. Ngabe ucabanga ukuthi umgebenga akakwazi ngalokho anakho ngaphakathi? Ngalokho nangokufana! Futhi uma ungeke ubone.
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-Kunjani? UPrimitivo wambuza. Ingabe usesimweni sokuthola enye iphenyana yokuthwebula?
UPerucho waphendukela ebhodleleni wabe esethi, ngokungathi kungokwemvelo, wanikina ikhanda lakhe cha, enikina isikhumba semvu esijiyile emigqonyeni yakhe. Wayengeyena umuntu wakudala wokunikela kalula: wafaka isandla sakhe ephaketheni lebhulukwe wakhipha uhlamvu lwemali lwethusi.
"Ngaleyo ndlela ..." kububula u-abbot.
"Ungabi owezizwe, Primitivo," imarquis yakhonona phakathi kokumnandi nokwethuna.
- NguNkulunkulu nangeNcasakazi! UJulian wancenga. Bazosibulala leso sidalwa! Ndoda, ungaphoqeleli ukuthi ingane idakwe: kuyisono, isono esikhulu njenganoma yisiphi esinye. Awukwazi ukufakaza izinto ezithile!
I-Primitivo, nayo imile, kepha ngaphandle kokudedela uPerucho, wabheka umfundisi ngendlela ebandayo futhi enobuqili, ngokubukela phansi abanesibindi abaziphakamisela bona umzuzwana. Futhi efaka uhlamvu lwethusi esandleni sengane nebhodlela lewayini elingamboziwe futhi elithululiwe phakathi kwezindebe zakhe, wayitshekisa, wayigcina injalo kwaze kwaba yilapho bonke utshwala budlulela esiswini sikaPerucho. Lapho ibhodlela selisusiwe, amehlo omfana avaleke, izingalo zakhe zaba buthakathaka, futhi akasekho umbala, kodwa ngokubukeka kokufa ebusweni bakhe, wayezowela azungeze itafula, ukube uPrimitivo wayengamsekeli ».