Everything you need to understand or teach The Torrent by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.
The Torrent, the English title of the novel, refers to an important episode in the book based on a historical fact, a serious flood caused by the river Jucar, and the efforts of local farmers to make the waters subside. The lovers meet in this atmosphere and they fall in love; she is an outsider, an experienced and accomplished woman who represents freedom and passion; he is the heir to an important estate...