Misericordia

by Benito Pérez Galdós

"Misericordia" by Benito Pérez Galdós is a novel published in 1897. Set in Madrid's impoverished underworld, it follows Benina, a servant and beggar, and her companion, the blind Almudena, as they navigate life among beggars and the destitute. The novel explores themes of charity and spiritual redemption through Benina's compassionate acts. Galdós portrays a crumbling Madrid where struggling bourgeois families and dignified beggars intersect, examining virtue and survival in a society's forgotten margins.