Gloria (primera parte)

by Benito Pérez Galdós

"Gloria (primera parte)" by Benito Pérez Galdós is a novel published between 1876 and 1877. Set in a provincial coastal town, it tells the story of eighteen-year-old Gloria Lantigua, whose sheltered Catholic life is transformed when she falls passionately in love with Daniel, a foreign shipwreck survivor her family has taken in. Their romance faces an insurmountable obstacle when Daniel reveals he is Jewish, igniting a tragic conflict between religious fanaticism and forbidden love that threatens to destroy both families.