The Maiden’s Consent

…of convenience, as seen in El sí de las niñas (1806; The Maiden’s Consent). Because of political and ecclesiastical opposition to his French sympathies, he spent most of his life after 1814 in France, where he died; he was buried between his models Molière and Jean de La Fontaine, but…

…sí de las niñas (1806; The Maiden’s Consent) ranks with the 18th century’s best prose.