RETICENCIA DE GALDÓS ANTE EL AMOR CARNAL

As a realist novelist, Galdós seeks to depict very faithfully the lives of his contemporaries. He observes all aspects of reality and he records them conscientiously for the generations to come. When entering the Royal Spanish Academy, Galdós himself confessed, during the reception speech, that for him “novels are the image of life”. It seems that he leaves nothing behind: historical events, environments, clothing, trades, concerns, entertainment, customs, traditions… Notwithstanding, in the face of carnal love, the illustrious novelist looks away and merely suggests or vaguely states that it has happened. In “Contemporary Novels” there are various carnal relationships, however none of them is thoroughly described.