101

A thorough analysis of Rosalía's initiation would need to explore the reason why such a pugnacious character has not learned what is taught her in La de Bringas at an earlier stage in life. The sudden transformation brought about as a result of Agustín's gift is not very convincing as a spark for her coming of age.

102

«Francisco Bringas», p. 64.

103

«Galdós' Representation of Rosalía in La de Bringas», pp. 62-63.

104

«La 'Escena clásica' de Galdós en La de Bringas in Benito Pérez Galdós», ed. Douglas M. Rogers (Madrid: Taurus, 1973), pp. 279-291.

105

«La 'Escena clásica'», p. 285.

106

Galdós, novelista moderno, p. 83.

107

Galdós, Vol. 2, p. 151.

108

Galdós, novelista moderno, p. 83.

109

«Francisco Bringas: nuestro buen Thiers», p. 63.

110

Benito Pérez Galdós, Obras completas; ed. Federico Carlos Sáinz de Robles, 6th ed. (Madrid: Aguilar, 1966), Vol. IV, p. 1574. All further quotations from La de Bringas will be indicated in the text by «Galdós» followed by volume and page number.