Gloria (segunda parte)

by Benito Pérez Galdós

"Gloria (segunda parte)" by Benito Pérez Galdós is a novel published between 1876 and 1877. This second part continues the tragic love story between Gloria and Daniel Morton, whose passion is destroyed by religious intolerance. After Gloria becomes pregnant and Daniel reveals he is Jewish rather than Protestant, her father dies from the shock. The drama intensifies as Daniel's mother arrives, completing a clash between Catholic and Jewish fanaticism that drives the story toward its Shakespearean, Romeo-and-Juliet-style ending in provincial Spain.