Fortunata

Fortunata and Jacinta are two women in 1870s Madrid who both love Juanito Santa Cruz, the scion of a dynasty of clothing magnates; Fortunata is working class and bears him a child; Jacinta, his cousin, marries him by a family arrangement which becomes largely a love match.

January Books 14) Farmer in the Sky fjm 2009

"It is," said he, "Trimalchio's wife, her name Fortunata, she measures money by the bushel; but what was she not long since?

The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

"I'm going to beat it if she don't take her place," Habinnas threatened, and started to get up; and then, at a signal, the slaves all called out together "Fortunata," four times or more.

Satyricon 2007

"I'm going to beat it if she don't take her place," Habinnas threatened, and started to get up; and then, at a signal, the slaves all called out together "Fortunata," four times or more.

The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

"I'm going to beat it if she don't take her place," Habinnas threatened, and started to get up; and then, at a signal, the slaves all called out together "Fortunata," four times or more.

The Satyricon — Volume 02: Dinner of Trimalchio 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

He is also very much engaged with both high and low politics - Spain in the early 1870s had a lot of regime changes (I had no idea!) and also Santa Cruz's exploitation of Fortunata is surely intended in part as metaphor for the class struggle.

January Books 14) Farmer in the Sky fjm 2009

Oh bravissimo in chorus, and he would have danced out into the middle of the room before us all, had not Fortunata whispered in his ear, telling him, I suppose, that such low buffoonery was not in keeping with his dignity.

Satyricon 2007

Fortunata then removed the bracelets from her pudgy arms and held them out to the admiring Scintilla, and by and by she took off her anklets and even her yellow hair-net, which was twenty-four carats fine, she would have us know!

Satyricon 2007

I loaded them up with wine again, bacon, beans, Capuan perfumes, and slaves: Fortunata did the right thing in this affair, too, for she sold every piece of jewelry and all her clothes into the bargain, and put a hundred gold pieces in my hand.

Satyricon 2007

When the fumes of the wine had been dissipated, we were conducted into another dining-room where Fortunata had laid out her own treasures;

Satyricon 2007