“[A] very solid and significant contribution to Galdós studies. . . . Gold offers us a veritable treasure-trove of information, opinion, and bibliographical data in this error-free study. . . .” — Petra A. Bly , Hispanic Research Journal
“This is a book that serious students of Galdós should read, not least for its critical aperçus on the individual Galdosian texts it discusses. . . . [Gold] brings to bear an impressive familiarity with modern critical theory.” — E. A. Southworth , Journal of European Studies
"Professor Gold has a superb frame of reference in both theory and the European novel, as well as in the specifically Spanish texts that surround the corpus she studies." — H. L. Boudreau, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"Hazel Gold's book . . . will be an excellent addition to studies of Galdós from a contemporary theoretical point of view; moreover, its implications go beyond the author studied to embrace the realist novel itself, and thereby assist in the task of incorporating a major writer into the European mainstream." — Geoffrey Ribbans, Brown University
"Hazel Gold's book is outstanding: gracefully written, theoretically significant, argued with verve and sophistication, and full of brilliant insights into the novels." — Gustavo Pérez Firmat, Duke University