Resumen
El Grande Oriente is the third novel in the fifth and final series of Benito Pérez Galdós’s monumental Episodios Nacionales — a sweeping fictionalized chronicle of 19th-century Spanish history.
This novel is set during the early years of Spain’s First Republic (1873–1874) and offers a deep dive into the ideological chaos, political fragmentation, and social upheaval of the time.