Mujeres, vestidos y modas en el universo de Wenceslao Ayguals de Izco

Abstract

This essay is an attempt of approach to the work of Ayguals de Izco and nineteenth-century society represented in his narrative through the analysis of prevailing customs and fashion in mid-nineteenth-century Spain. Our analysis is based on his famous trilogy (Maria o la hija de un jornalero, Marquesa de Bellaflor o el nino de la Inclusa, Palacio de los crimenes o El pueblo y sus opresores) and three other novels: Pobres y ricos o la bruja de Madrid, Los pobres de Madrid and La Justicia divina o El hijo del deshonor.Key words: Ayguals de Izco, fashion, customs, serial novel, Spanish society.