Etiqueta: Marriage
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The teapot (La tetera)
The calm life of Juan and Julieta, a bourgeois marriage from the countryside, falls apart when the dead body of Alicia’s (Julieta’s sister) boyfriend appears. Juan becomes the prime suspect and Julieta is thought to be his next victim in order to get Alicia’s favors; but a series of characters that will make the plot…
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Maribel and the strange family (Maribel y la extraña familia)
Maribel is a prostitute who meets Marcelino, a young naive man who is looking for a girl to marry so he can overcome a tragic event of his past. He lives with his aunt, Paula, and his mother, Matilde, two charming and clever ladies. Marcelino, fully in love with Maribel, accommodates her in his house…
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Miracle in the López household (Milagro en casa de los López)
Mercedes and Jerónimo are a well-off marriage living in a luxurious chalet with their servants, Teresa and Jacinta. They have been living enclosed for ten years, and they hope for something extraordinary to happen in their lives. One day, a young woman appears with the address of the chalet and the personal data of the protagonists. This is the trigger to…
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Only love and the moon bring fortune (Sólo el amor y la luna traen fortuna)
A famous pianist, who is a recalcitrant bachelor, tries to flee from what seems to be an inexorable destiny: marrying someone. Then, he meets a young lady who gives good luck to everyone who meets her and, later, becomes the main character´s lover. Nevertheless, an accident will make the pianist think that his good luck…
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Fragant simplicity (La sencillez fragante)
A comedy writer confesses to his novelist friend that he is going to leave his wife because she does not partake in his intellectual and literary life. In order to dissuade him, the novelist will tell him his own experience about the ideal companion, tender and sweet, that he abandoned thanks to the pressure from…
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The three in a dim light (A media luz los tres)
Alfredo, an administrative worker bachelor, has few objectives in life; one of them is conquering a woman, no matter who. Therefore, the protagonist will attempt conquering the heart of Mariví, Elena and Lulú, but, in the end, he is not able to do so. Overwhelmed by his failure and given his best friend’s many successes, he…
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The case of the wonderful woman (El caso de la señora estupenda)
During a time of war, Victoria is a woman who finds herself in a delicate legal situation, after getting an arranged marriage with Alejandro. The arrival of Susana, Alejandro´s old relationship, complicates the situation and everyone starts to suspect that Victoria is, indeed, not who she says she is, to the point of being arrested…
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The horrifying secret of Maximo Marville (El espantoso secreto de Máximo Marville)
A deceived husband, who shelters an assassin on his estate, encloses his wife and his mistress with the assassin’s help. The prison he has thought for them are cages of small dimensions. THEMES: Revenge, Conspiracy, Adultery, Infidelity, Deceit, Marriage GENRE: Drama, Suspense, Mystery RELEVANT FACTS: Very interesting short novel that this great author wrote…
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Love is written without an h (Amor se escribe sin hache)
Put a collector of lovers in your life Lady Sylvia Brums is a beautiful young woman who belongs to the aristocracy and is a specialist in collecting lovers. She has chosen Elias Pérez Seltz, alias Zambombo, as her new conquer. He is a young partier, the antithesis of the gallant, but he falls in love…
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Satan’s five warnings (Las cinco advertencias de Satanás)
Félix has been a Casanova all his live, together with his friend Ramón. Now, he wants to leave this life behind and decides to marry the young Coral. But Satan appears to question all his plans. He makes five warnings: Will Félix feel obliged to let Coral go with his friend Ramón? THEMES: Love, Marriage,…
